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 Grissom, White, and Chaffee in front of the launch pad containing their AS-204 space vehicle | |
| Names | AS-204 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Crewed spacecraft verification test |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | {{#property:P247}} |
| Mission duration | Up to 14 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | CSM-012 |
| Spacecraft type | Apollo Command/Service Module, Block I |
| Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
| Launch mass | 20,000 kilograms (45,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 21, 1967 (planned) |
| Rocket | Saturn IB AS-204 |
| Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-34 |
| End of mission | |
| Destroyed | January 27, 1967 23:31:19 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee | 220 kilometers (120 nmi) (planned) |
| Apogee | 300 kilometers (160 nmi) (planned) |
| Inclination | 31 degrees (planned) |
| Period | 89.7 minutes (planned) |
  Left to right: White, Grissom, Chaffee | |
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was the first crewed mission of the United States Apollo program, which had as its ultimate goal a crewed lunar landing. The low Earth orbital test of the Apollo Command/Service Module never made its target launch date of February 21, 1967. A cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test on January 27 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the Command Module (CM). The name Apollo 1, chosen by the crew, was officially retired by NASA in commemoration of them on April 24, 1967.
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