Apollo 1
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module. The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members—Command Pilot 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 made official by NASA in their honor after the fire.
| Names | AS-204, Apollo 1
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| Mission type | Crewed spacecraft verification test
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| Mission duration | Up to 14 days (planned)
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SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES
| Spacecraft | CSM-012
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| Spacecraft type | Apollo command and service module, Block I
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| Launch mass | 20,000 kilograms (45,000 lb)
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EXPEDITION
CREW
| Crew size | 3
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START OF MISSION
| Launch date | February 21, 1967 (planned)
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| Rocket | Saturn IB AS-204
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END OF MISSION
| Destroyed | January 27, 1967
23:31:19 UTC |
ORBITAL PARAMETERS
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| Regime | |||
| Inclination | 31 degrees (planned)
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| Period | 89.7 minutes (planned)
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PAYLOAD
MAIN TELESCOPE
TRANSPONDERS
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