Apollo 1 Audio - 27 January, 1967

Apollo 1 (AS-204) was scheduled to be the first manned flight of the Apollo program. On 27th January 1967, a fire broke out during a test which killed astronauts Virgil “Gus“ Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. This is the audio leading up to and including the fire. Apollo 1 is a vital part of the history of manned spaceflight. The deaths of Grissom, White and Chaffee should never be forgotten. The Challenger and Columbia disasters are probably more well known due to the news coverage they received. This