APOLLO 1 ( AS-204 )
Apollo 1 insignia
Apollo 1 prime crew
Mission Status
| Launch date(Projected) | 21.Feb.1967 |
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| Mission Designation | AS-204 / SA-204 |
| Launch Pad | PAD 34A |
| Spacecraft | |
| CSM | CSM-012 |
| LM | (not loaded) |
| Launch vehcle | |
| Type | Saturn IB |
| First Stage | S-IB-204 |
| Second Stage | S-IVB-204 |
| Prime crew | |
| Commander Pilot:CDP | Virgil I. Grissom |
| CM Pilot:CMP | Edward H.White.II |
| LM Pilot:LMP | Roger B. Chaffee |
| Backup crew | |
| Commander Pilot:CDP | Walter M. Schirra, Jr |
| CM Pilot:CMP | Donn F. Eisele |
| LM Pilot:LMP | Walter Cunningham |
| Mission Objective | |
| First manned Apollo space craft mission. Test of launch facility, tracking and control system. Performance test of Apollo/Saturn booster. Earth orbit flight for maximum 14 days. | |
| Mission Result | |
| January 27, 1967. Tragedy struck on the launch pad during a "plugs out" test. The three astronauts lost their lives when a fire swept through the Command Module | |
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| CSM-012 Apollo1 |
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| BLOCK1. RCSs align tandem above hatch. Scimitar antenna on CM. Appearance of SM is very different toward BLOCK2. |
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