On Friday 27 January 1967, a deadly fire engulfed the three Americans before they could even leave the ground of Cape Kennedy ...

I first became familiar with Gus Grissom through films like “The Right ... Grissom’s untimely death in the Apollo 1 fire, alongside fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger B.

Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been ... On January 27, 1967, during a practice launch countdown, a flash fire erupted inside the sealed cockpit. Within seconds the men were ...

in a capsule that never left the ground - Veteran spaceman Gus Grissom, space walker Ed White, and rookie Roger Chaffee. A flash fire in the Apollo capsule, combined with an escape patch that ...