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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Jan 27, 2024, 09:36 AM Jan 2024

On this day, January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a launchpad capsule fire.

Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died in sudden launchpad capsule fire, Cape Kennedy, tonight 1967:





Hours before tragedy, Apollo crew walks to spacecraft, Cape Kennedy, today 1967:



Watch as CBS special report announces death of Apollo astronauts in fire, tonight 1967:






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