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Apollo 1 crew in training
Title Apollo 1 crew in training
Full Description The prime crew of Apollo 1, Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, Edward H. White, II, and Roger B. Chaffee, during training in Florida. On January 27, 1967, the crew was killed when a fire erupted in their capsule during testing. Apollo 1 was originally designated AS- 204 but following the fire, the astronauts? widows requested that the mission be remembered as Apollo 1 and following missions would be numbered subsequent to the flight that never made it into space.
Date 01/1967
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 1 Fire
Title Apollo 1 Fire
Full Description Officially designated Apollo/Saturn 204, but more commonly known as Apollo 1, this close-up view of the interior of the Command Module shows the effects of the intense heat of the flash fire which killed the prime crew during a routine training exercise. While strapped into their seats inside the Command Module atop the giant Saturn V Moon rocket, a faulty electrical switch created a spark which ignited the pure oxygen environment. The speed and intensity of the fire quickly exhausted the oxygen supply inside the crew cabin. Unable to deploy the hatch due to its cumbersome design and lack of breathable oxygen, the crew lost consciousness and perished. They were: astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, (the second American to fly into space) Edward H. White II, (the first American to "walk" in space) and Roger B. Chaffee, (a "rookie" on his first space mission).
Date 01/28/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 1 Prime Crew
Title Apollo 1 Prime Crew
Full Description Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight. From left to right are: Edward H. White II, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. On January 27, 1967 at 5:31 p.m. CST (6:31 local time) during a routine simulated launch test onboard the Apollo Saturn V Moon rocket, an electrical short circuit inside the Apollo Command Module ignited the pure oxygen environment and within a matter of seconds all three Apollo 1 crewmembers perished.
Date 04/01/1966
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Astronaut Group Three
Title Astronaut Group Three
Full Description Astronaut Group Three announced on October 18, 1963. They are (seated, left to right) Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., William A. Anders, Charles A. Bassett II, Alan L. Bean, Eugene A. Cernan, and Roger B. Chaffee. Standing (left to right) are Michael Collins, R. Walter Cunninham, Donn F. Eisele, Theodore C. Freeman, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott and Clifton C. Williams Jr.
Date 02/19/1963
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 1 prime and backup cr …
Title Apollo 1 prime and backup crews
Description Apollo 1 prime and backup crews. Seated is the prime crew (left to right) Edward H. White II, Virgil I. Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. Standing is the backup crew (left to right) David R. Scott, James A. McDivitt, and Russell L. Schweickart.
Date 04.01.1966
Apollo astronauts participat …
Title Apollo astronauts participate in classroom instruction at MSC
Description A group of Apollo astronauts participate in classroom instruction at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Clockwise around table, starting at left, are Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Russel L. Schweickart, and James A. McDivitt, Training officer Raymond Zedekar, Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II.
Date 03.01.1966
Portrait of Apollo 1 prime c …
Title Portrait of Apollo 1 prime crew
Description Portrait of Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight. Left to right, are Astronauts Edward H. White II, Virigil I. Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee.
Date 04.01.1966
Portrait of Astronaut group …
Title Portrait of Astronaut group three
Description Portrait of Astronaut Group Three announced on Oct. 18, 1963. They are (seated, left to right) Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., William A. Anders, Charles A. Bassett II, Alan L. Bean, Eugene A. Cernan, and Roger B. Chaffee. Standing (left to right) are Michael Collins, R. Walter Cunninham, Donn F. Eisele, Theodore C. Freeman, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott and Clifton C. Williams Jr.
Date 02.19.1963
Portrait of Astronaut Roger …
Title Portrait of Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee
Description Portrait of Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee.
Date 09.01.1964
Prime crew for the first man …
Title Prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight at press conference
Description The prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight was named at an Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) press conference on March 21, 1966. Left to right, are Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee.
Date 03.21.1966
Prime crew for the first man …
Title Prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight at press conference
Description The prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight was named at a Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) press conference on March 21, 1966. Left to right, are Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Edward H. White II, and Virgil Grissom. At the very end of the table is Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Manned Spaceflight Center (MSC) Director, who made the announcement.
Date 03.21.1966
Prime crew of first Apollo m …
Title Prime crew of first Apollo manned flight inspect spacecraft equipment
Description The members of the prime crew of the first manned Apollo space flight inspect spacecraft equipment during a tour of North American's Downey facility. In foreground, left to right, are Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil I. Grissom, and Edward H. White II. Engineers and technicians are in the background.
Date 06.24.1966
Langley Storage facility whi …
Title Langley Storage facility which houses remains of Apollo 204 craft
Description The Apollo 204 command module is seen in storage at Langley Research Center in Virginia. The command module, damaged in the 1967 Apollo fire, its heat shield, booster protective cover and 81 cartons of related hardware and investigative data occupy 3,300 cubic feet of Langley's storage space. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II perished in the Apollo 204 spacecraft fire on Jan. 27, 1967 on Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral. The hardware has been stored at Langley since 1967. PLEASE NOTE UPDATE: In early May of 1990, NASA announced plans to move the hardware and related data to permanent storage at the site of all the Challenger debris in an abandoned missile silo at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida. However, at month's end, NASA announced it had decided to keep the capsule at Langley for an indefinite period of time.
Date Taken 1990-04-20
Langley Storage facility whi …
Title Langley Storage facility which houses remains of Apollo 204 craft
Description Part of 81 cartons of Apollo 204 hardware and investigation data are seen in storage at Langley Research Center in Virginia. The command module, damaged in the 1967 Apollo fire, its heat shield, booster protective cover and the cartons occupy 3,300 cubic feet of Langley's storage space. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II perished in the Apollo 204 spacecraft fire on Jan. 27, 1967 on Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral. The hardware has been stored at Langley since 1967. PLEASE NOTE UPDATE: In early May of 1990, NASA announced plans to move the hardware and related data to permanent storage with the Challenger debris in an abandoned missile silo at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida. However, at month's end, NASA announced it had decided to keep the capsule at Langley for an indefinite period of time.
Date Taken 1990-04-20
Langley Storage facility whi …
Title Langley Storage facility which houses remains of Apollo 204 craft
Description A warehouse holding Apollo 204 hardware and investigative data is seen at Langley Research Center in Virginia. The command module, damaged in the 1967 Apollo fire, its heat shield, booster protective cover and 81 cartons of data and other related materials occupy 3,300 cubic feet. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II perished in the Apollo 204 spacecraft fire on Jan. 27, 1967 on Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral. The hardware has been stored at Langley since 1967. PLEASE NOTE UPDATE: In early May of 1990, NASA announced plans to move the hardware and related data to permanent storage with the Challenger debris in an abandoned missile silo at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida. However, at month's end, NASA announced it had decided to keep the capsule at Langley for an indefinite period of time.
Date Taken 1990-04-20
Langley Storage facility whi …
Title Langley Storage facility which houses remains of Apollo 204 craft
Description The Apollo 204 command module is seen in storage at Langley Research Center in Virginia. The command module, damaged in the 1967 Apollo fire, its heat shield, booster protective cover and 81 cartons of related hardware and investigative data occupy 3,300 cubic feet of warehouse storage space. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II perished in the Apollo 204 spacecraft fire on Jan. 27, 1967 on Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral. The hardware has been stored at Langley since 1967. PLEASE NOTE UPDATE: In early May of 1990, NASA announced plans to move the hardware and related data to permanent storage with the Challenger debris in an abandoned missile silo at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida. However, at month's end, NASA announced it had decided to keep the capsule at Langley for an indefinite period of time.
Date Taken 1990-04-20
Portrait of Astronaut group …
Title Portrait of Astronaut group three
Description Portrait of Astronaut Group Three announced on Oct. 18, 1963. They are (seated, left to right) Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., William A. Anders, Charles A. Bassett II, Alan L. Bean, Eugene A. Cernan, and Roger B. Chaffee. Standing (left to right) are Michael Collins, R. Walter Cunninham, Donn F. Eisele, Theodore C. Freeman, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott and Clifton C. Williams Jr.
Date Taken 1963-02-19
Portrait of Astronaut Roger …
Title Portrait of Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee
Description Portrait of Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee.
Date Taken 1964-09-01
Astronaut Roger Chaffee at c …
Title Astronaut Roger Chaffee at console during Gemini-Titan 3 flight
Description Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee is shown at the consoles in the Mission Control Center - Houston during the Gemini-Titan 3 flight.
Date Taken 1963-03-23
Gemini 8 prime crew and othe …
Title Gemini 8 prime crew and other astronauts at prelaunch breakfast
Description The Gemini 8 prime crew, along with several fellow astronauts, have a hearty breakfast of steak and eggs on the morning of the Gemini 8 launch. Seated clockwise around the table, starting at lower left, are Donald K. Slayton, Manned Spaceflight Center (MSC) Assistant Director for Flight Crew Operations, Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Gemini 8 command pilot, Scientist-Astronaut F. Curtis Michel, Astronaut R. Walter Cunningham, Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. (face obscured), Chief, MSC Astronaut Office, Astronaut David R. Scott, Gemini 8 pilot, and Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee.
Date Taken 1966-03-16
Prime crew for the first man …
Title Prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight at press conference
Description The prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight was named at an Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) press conference on March 21, 1966. Left to right, are Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee.
Date Taken 1966-03-21
Portrait of Apollo 1 prime c …
Title Portrait of Apollo 1 prime crew
Description Portrait of Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight. Left to right, are Astronauts Edward H. White II, Virigil I. Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee.
Date Taken 1966-04-01
Three Apollo astronauts part …
Title Three Apollo astronauts participate in crew equipment stowage design review
Description Three Apollo astronauts participate in crew equipment stowage Critical Design Review activity. Left to right are Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Edward H. White II, and James A. McDivitt. They are inside Apollo Mock-up no.2 at North American's mock-up display area at the Downey facility. The astronauts also practiced ingress and egress procedures.
Date Taken 1966-02-09
Prime crew for the first man …
Title Prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight at press conference
Description The prime crew for the first manned Apollo space flight was named at a Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) press conference on March 21, 1966. Left to right, are Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Edward H. White II, and Virgil Grissom. At the very end of the table is Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Manned Spaceflight Center (MSC) Director, who made the announcement.
Date Taken 1966-03-21
Apollo astronauts participat …
Title Apollo astronauts participate in classroom instruction at MSC
Description A group of Apollo astronauts participate in classroom instruction at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Clockwise around table, starting at left, are Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Russel L. Schweickart, and James A. McDivitt, Training officer Raymond Zedekar, Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White II.
Date Taken 1966-03-01
Apollo 1 prime and backup cr …
Title Apollo 1 prime and backup crews
Description Apollo 1 prime and backup crews. Seated is the prime crew (left to right) Edward H. White II, Virgil I. Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. Standing is the backup crew (left to right) David R. Scott, James A. McDivitt, and Russell L. Schweickart.
Date Taken 1966-04-01
Prime crew of first Apollo m …
Title Prime crew of first Apollo manned flight inspect spacecraft equipment
Description The members of the prime crew of the first manned Apollo space flight inspect spacecraft equipment during a tour of North American's Downey facility. In foreground, left to right, are Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil I. Grissom, and Edward H. White II. Engineers and technicians are in the background.
Date Taken 1966-06-24
Prime crew of Apollo/Saturn …
Title Prime crew of Apollo/Saturn Mission 204 at North American's Downey Facility
Description Prime crew of Apollo/Saturn Mission 204 at North American's Downey Facility during training for NASA's first manned Apollo space flight. Left to right, are Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, Roger B. Chaffee, pilot, and Edward H. White, senior pilot.
Date Taken 1966-08-22
Crew of the first manned Apo …
Title Crew of the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress procedures
Description Prime crew for the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress procedures with full scale boilerplate model of their spacecraft. Astronaut Edward H. White II rides life raft in the foreground. Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee sits in hatch of the boilerplate model of the spacecraft. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, third member of the crew, waits inside the spacecraft.
Date Taken 1966-06-01
Crew of the first manned Apo …
Title Crew of the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress procedures
Description Prime crew for the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress procedures with full scale boilerplate model of their spacecraft. In the water at right is Astronaut Edward H. White (foreground) and Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee. In raft near the spacecraft is Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom. NASA swimmers are in the water to assist in the practice session that took place at Ellington AFB, near the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston.
Date Taken 1966-06-01
Crew of the first manned Apo …
Title Crew of the first manned Apollo mission practice water egress procedures
Description Prime crew for the first manned Apollo mission relax in a life raft during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico with a full scale boilerplate model of their spacecraft. Left to right, are Astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, pilot, Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, and Edward H. White II (facing camera), senior pilot. In background is the "Duchess", a yacht owned by La Porte businessman Paul Barkley and provided by him as a press boat for newsmen covering the training.
Date Taken 1966-10-27
Prime crew of Apollo/Saturn …
Title Prime crew of Apollo/Saturn Mission 204 prepares for water egress training
Description The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space flight, Apollo/Saturn Mission 204, is suited up aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in preparation for Apolllo water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right, are Astronauts Edward H. White II, senior pilot, Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, and Roger B. Chaffee, pilot.
Date Taken 1966-10-27
Prime Crew for Apollo Missio …
Title Prime Crew for Apollo Mission 204 enter spacecraft in altitude chamber
Description Prime Crew for first manned Apollo Mission (204) prepare to enter their spacecraft inside the altitude chamber at the Kennedy Space Center. Entering the hatch is Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom. Behind him is Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee. Standing at left with chamber technicians is Astronaut Edward H. White II.
Date Taken 1966-10-18
Closeup view of Apollo Space …
Title Closeup view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire
Description Closeup view of the exterior of Apollo 012 Command Module at Pad 34 showing the effects of the intense heat of the flash fire which killed the prime crew of the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee lost their lives in the accidental fire.
Date Taken 1967-01-28
Closeup view of Apollo Space …
Title Closeup view of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module after flash fire
Description Closeup view of the interior of Apollo Spacecraft 012 Command Module at Pad 34 showing the effects of the intense heat of the flash fire which killed the prime crew of the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee lost their lives in the accidental fire.
Date Taken 1967-01-28
Apollo 1 prime crew in space …
Title Apollo 1 prime crew in spacesuits at the launch complex
Description Apollo 1 prime crew are seen in their spacesuits at Launch Complex 34 at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. From left to right are Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee.
Date Taken 1966-12-12
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