CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A plaque affixed to what remains of the historic gantry on Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida pays tribute to those who died there in the pursuit of exploration and discovery. On this day in 1967, a fire erupted on the pad during a preflight test, taking the lives of the Apollo 1 crew, NASA astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee. To learn more about Apollo 1 and the crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2015-1175
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A plaque affixed to what remains of the historic gantry on Launch Pad 34 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida pays tribute to those who died there in the pursuit of exploration and discovery. On this day in 1967, a fire erupted on the pad during a preflight test, taking the lives of the Apollo 1 crew, NASA astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee. To learn more about Apollo 1 and the crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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Date
27/01/2015
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL
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NASA
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