On Jan. 27, 1967, veteran Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom, first American spacewalker
Ed White and rookie Roger Chaffee (left-to-right) were preparing for what was to
be the first manned Apollo flight. The astronauts were sitting atop the launch
pad for a pre-launch test when a fire broke out in their Apollo capsule. The
investigation into the fatal accident led to major design and engineering
changes, making the Apollo spacecraft safer for the coming journeys to the
moon.
I came across this picture on Tumblr the other day but didn't know exactly what do do with it until I saw Aaron's post over at
Electronic Cerebrectomy. I am a student of the Space Age and this image in particularly poignant to me.
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