
The Apollo 1 Fire: “Tough and Competent”
NASA’s “Failure Is Not An Option” culture was born three days after the Apollo 1 fire.
NASA’s “Failure Is Not An Option” culture was born three days after the Apollo 1 fire.
“Hey!” and Ed White broadcast, “I’ve got a fire in the cockpit!” The Apollo outer hull ruptured and all three astronauts were dead.
Grissom, White and Chaffee weren’t the first Apollo astronauts to die on the job. Four died in NASA training jet accidents. Why didn’t they get more attention?
Astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee were American heroes destined to go to the Moon. Unfortunately, neither of them made it.
The crew of Apollo 8 delivered a special Christmas message from the Moon forty-six years ago this week.