Jan. 27, 1967

NASA’s Apollo program a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch pad rehearsal test. It would have been launched on February 21, 1967

a fire in the command module killed three astronauts

• Lt. Col. Virgil “Gus” Grissom
• Lt. Col. Edward H. White
• Lt. Cdr. Roger Chafee