National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Failure

Apollo 1

Name: Saturn IB | Apollo 1 (Failure before launch)
Start: 1967-01-27T23:31:19.000Z
End: 1967-01-27T23:31:19.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 34

Saturn IB

Fri, 27 Jan 1967 23:31:19 GMT

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This page records Saturn IB | Apollo 1 (Failure before launch) and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.

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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission

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.

Launch vehicle: Saturn IB
Mission type: Human Exploration
Destination orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft: Apollo CSM-012
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad: Launch Complex 34
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Programs: Apollo

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Saturn IB

The Saturn IB (pronounced "one B", also known as the Uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. It replaced the S-IV second stage of the Saturn I with the much more powerful S-IVB, able to launch a partially fueled Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) or a fully fueled Lunar Module (LM) into low Earth orbit for early flight tests before the larger Saturn V needed for lunar flight was ready.

Height: 43.2 m
Diameter: 6.61 m
Stages: 2
Recorded launches: 10
First flight: 1966-02-26

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SCHEDULED MOMENTFri, 27 Jan 1967 23:31:19 GMT

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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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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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