Which Apollo mission blew up?

27 January 1967; Apollo 1 - Astronauts Roger Chaffee, Virgil Grissom (Mercury 4 and Gemini 3), and Edward White (Gemini 4) were killed at Cape Kennedy during a training exercise for the Apollo 1 mission. The crew died as a result of a fire within the spacecraft cabin. read more

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. read more

The Apollo 1 fire occurred on a pre-flight test for what was scheduled to be the first manned Apollo mission. Following this disaster, the next five Apollo missions were unmanned. Manned missions resumed on Oct. 11, 1968, when Apollo 7 was the first successful mission, orbiting the earth 163 times. read more

Each of the three astronauts had been influential during NASA’s space exploration program in the run-up to Apollo 1. Gus Grissom was the second American in space aboard Liberty Bell 7, the second Project Mercury flight, in 1961. read more