{"id":22893,"date":"2021-01-28T18:41:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-apollo-1-tragedy-this-day-in-space-27-jan-1967\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T18:41:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T10:41:52","slug":"the-apollo-1-tragedy-this-day-in-space-27-jan-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-apollo-1-tragedy-this-day-in-space-27-jan-1967\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apollo 1 tragedy | This Day In Space (27 Jan. 1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US reached the Moon with the Apollo program, and we haven\u2019t been back since. But the planned first crewed mission of the program, Apollo 1, ended tragically before the rocket ever left the launch pad. The mission is deemed by NASA one of the worst incidents in spaceflight history.<\/p>\n

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Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives, not during a launch, but during a rehearsal test. The three were in the Command Module on the Saturn 1B rocket running through the countdown to launch.<\/p>\n

Once the test began, a number of issues, including failure in communication, caused the test to be delayed by several hours. At one point, Grisson made the notable statement, \u201chow are we going to get to the Moon if we can\u2019t talk between three buildings?\u201d About a minute later, a surge was recorded in the AC bus, indicating a possible short-circuit. Shortly after, panic is heard over the radio, but one word sticks out amongst the noise, \u201cFlames!\u201d<\/p>\n