The crew of Apollo 1 (left to right, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Rodger Chaffee) were to perish in a flash fire inside their capsule on the pad. January 1967.
Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong prepares to put on his helmet with the assistance of a spacesuit technician during suiting operations in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) prior to the astronauts' departure to Launch Pad 39A. The three astronauts, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Neil A Armstrong and Michael Collins, will then board the Saturn V launch vehicle, scheduled for a 9:32 a.m. EDT liftoff, for the first manned lunar landing mission
Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong prepares to put on his helmet with the assistance of a spacesuit technician during suiting operations in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) prior to the astronauts' departure to Launch Pad 39A. The three astronauts, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Neil A Armstrong and Michael Collins, will then board the Saturn V launch vehicle, scheduled for a 9:32 a.m. EDT liftoff, for the first manned lunar landing mission
Prime Crew of A/S 204 at North American, Downey, CA facility during training for first manned Apollo Space Flight. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee, and Edward H. White II. NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC., DOWNEY, CA CN NASA Identifier: S66-49182
Prime Crew of A/S 204 at North American, Downey, CA facility during training for first manned Apollo Space Flight. Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee, and Edward H. White II. NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC., DOWNEY, CA CN NASA Identifier: S66-49182