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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch FailureHuman ExplorationSaturn IB · Failure before launch
Launched 1967-01-27 23:31:19 UTCLaunch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Crew and spacecraft lost due to a cabin fire that occurred during a launch rehearsal at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27, 1967.
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Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Saturn IB lifted off with Apollo 1, but the launch failed.
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Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was the first crewed mission of the United States Apollo program, the undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module. The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the command module (CM). The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was made official by NASA in their honor after the fire.
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Government · United States of America · Founded 1958 · Administrator Jared Isaacman
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Height
43.2m
Diameter
6.6m
To low Earth orbit
21,000kg
Liftoff thrust
7,100kN
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