AS-204

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AS-204, better known as Apollo 1, was the first crewed mission of NASA’s Apollo program, tragically remembered for the cabin fire during a pre-launch test in 1967 that killed its three astronauts.

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AS-204 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo mission ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ
space disaster ⓘ
accidentDate 1967-01-27 ⓘ
accidentLocation Launch Complex 34, Cape Kennedy ⓘ
accidentPhase pre-launch ground test ⓘ
accidentType cabin fire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Apollo 1 ⓘ
astronaut Edward H. White II ⓘ
linked to: Edward White

Roger B. Chaffee ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom ⓘ
linked to: Gus Grissom
cabinAtmosphere 100 percent oxygen at high pressure ⓘ
causeOfDeath asphyxiation and burns from cabin fire ⓘ
commander Virgil I. Grissom ⓘ
linked to: Gus Grissom
commandModulePilot Edward H. White II ⓘ
linked to: Edward White
commandModuleSerialNumber CM-012 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewSize 3 ⓘ
designationHistory originally designated AS-204 ⓘ
posthumously named Apollo 1 ⓘ
era Space Race ⓘ
fatalities 3 ⓘ
fatality Edward H. White II ⓘ
linked to: Edward White

Roger B. Chaffee ⓘ
Virgil I. Grissom ⓘ
linked to: Gus Grissom
hatchType inward-opening, multi-piece hatch ⓘ
intendedOrbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
launchLocation Cape Kennedy, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral
launchSite Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 ⓘ
LC-34 ⓘ
launchVehicle Saturn IB ⓘ
launchVehicleSerialNumber SA-204 ⓘ
ledTo Apollo spacecraft Block II redesign ⓘ
memorial Apollo 1 Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
missionType crewed Earth-orbital test flight ⓘ
namedBy NASA Administrator James E. Webb ⓘ
linked to: James E. Webb
operator NASA ⓘ
plannedLaunchDate 1967-02-21 ⓘ
plannnedMissionDuration up to 14 days ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
result improved spacecraft safety standards ⓘ
major redesign of Apollo Command Module ⓘ
mission never launched ⓘ
seniorPilot Roger B. Chaffee ⓘ
serviceModuleSerialNumber SM-012 ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraftName Apollo Command Module 012 ⓘ
spacecraftType Apollo Command/Service Module ⓘ
status failed before launch ⓘ
testPurpose to test spacecraft systems under flight-like conditions while on the pad ⓘ
testType plugs-out test ⓘ
year 1967 ⓘ

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Apollo 1 → alsoKnownAs → AS-204 ⓘ