The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA. NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the ...

When you hear about Gus Grissom, you may think of the Penn-Harris-Madison middle school or Grissom Air Force Base. On the 50th anniversary of his January 27, 1967, death, we remember the Hoosier ...

On Jan. 27, 1967, Apollo 1's crew—Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee—was killed when a fire erupted in their capsule during testing.

Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Apollo 1 astronauts (front to back) Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom, Cape Kennedy, Fla. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection ...

Fifty years ago Jan. 27, Virgil "Gus" Grissom lay on his back in the Apollo 1 command spacecraft, his face toward the sky. The view, not particularly breathtaking, was blocked by metal and wire in ...

Grissom and his Apollo 1 crewmates, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were undergoing a full dress rehearsal on the launch pad, on the evening of Jan. 27, 1967, when Gus shifted his body for comfort. His ...

Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had entered the Apollo capsule at 1 p.m. on Jan. 27, 1967, and had been plagued by a continuous series of minor glitches.

Astronauts Gus Grissom (left), Ed White (middle), and Roger Chaffee (right), died on Jan. 27, 1967, during a flash fire inside the Apollo 1 crew capsule during a launch test rehearsal. NASA ...

Gus Grissom NASA Bio. Learn More Grissom was assigned to serve as commander of the AS-204 (Apollo 1) mission. However, on Jan. 27, 1967, Grissom and astronauts Roger Chaffee, a fellow Purdue alumnus, ...

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar ...

On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch ...

The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA. NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the ...