The 1st Tragedy and Lessons for NASA (1967) Apollo 1

56 Years Ago TODAY, is the story of NASA's Apollo 1 Crew. This video is dedicated to their sacrifice of heroism for the moon and to all mankind. Perhaps without this tragedy the United States wouldn't have landed on the moon in the first place. If you liked this video, check out my other video here : • NASA Remembrance Week ... NASA Remembrance Week (3 major tragedies) LIKE and SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE videos like this and rocket launches from the beautiful Space Coast. RIP Apollo 1, Never forgotten...
Apollo 1 Tragedy
Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). The mission was to be the first crewed flight of Apollo, and was scheduled to launch Feb. 21, 1967. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module, or CM.
The exhaustive investigation of the fire and extensive reworking of the Apollo command modules postponed crewed launches until NASA officials cleared them for flight. Saturn IB schedules were suspended for nearly a year, and the launch vehicle that finally bore the designation AS-204 carried a lunar module, or LM, as the payload, instead of a CM. The missions of AS-201 and AS-202 with Apollo spacecraft aboard had been unofficially known as Apollo 1 and Apollo 2 missions. AS-203 carried only the aerodynamic nose cone.
In the spring of 1967, NASA's Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Dr. George E. Mueller, announced that the mission originally scheduled for Grissom, White and Chaffee would be known as Apollo 1, and said that the first Saturn V launch, scheduled for November 1967, would be known as Apollo 4. The eventual launch of AS-204 became known as the Apollo 5 mission. No missions or flights were ever designated Apollo 2 or 3.
The second launch of a Saturn V took place on schedule in the early morning of April 4, 1968. Known as AS-502, or Apollo 6, the flight was a success, though two first-stage engines shut down prematurely, and the third-stage engine failed to reignite after reaching orbit.
history.nasa.gov/Apollo204/
Crew
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
Backup Crew
Walter M. Schirra Jr.
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Payload
Spacecraft-012
Apollo Pad Fire
Emergency Transmission: Jan. 27, 1967; 6:31:05 p.m. EST
Launch Complex 34
Saturn-IB AS-204
CSM-012
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[@cristinaromaguera3816]

Great way to remember fallen heros...such a tragedy.

[@yourspacetv1]

Thank you Cristina 🤗, I'm glad you liked it. Yeah, it amazes me how many heroes were around back then, so many we didn't know...a time of war, but also a time of thrive and achievements for this country. Love to see your comments! Haven't seen one in a while. 😊
I appreciate it. Have a great weekend!

[@RM-uw6bk]

nice job gus

[@yourspacetv1]

Thank you friend! 😊 I owe it to those heroes to keep this day alive. I believe if it wasn't for that tragedy, the US would have never gotten to the moon. Those men were a different breed back in those days. I appreciate your comment. 🫡

[@nathansmith5578]

Ahh I missed three videos. You've been busy. Thanks for this one, I made some liquid oxygen by condensing it through a tube submerged in liquid nitrogen once. Just for fun, It's kind of acts like really flammable fuel but in reverse. The liquid doesn't do anything until it's vaporized into a gas, then it burns. The velcro situation is interesting because the surface area of the velcro and the rapidity in which it would vaporize with heat and those gasses mixing with pure oxygen would cascade so fast. It would be kind of like burning a line of smokeless gunpowder at first, then the pressure in the cabin would make things happen even faster like it does inside a bullet. Smokeless powder burns slowly outside a bullet casing, but when pressurized in the casing, it burns quickly. What a nightmare. So sad for everyone involved in that. If you were an engineer, what a horrible feeling it would be. Thanks for the detail on this. I didn't know much about it.

[@yourspacetv1]

That's a interesting experiment you did Nathan. Gave me an idea perhaps for next year Apollo 1 video. 👍🏼