A few weeks earlier Thomas K. Mattingly got measles and was grounded. Astronaut Jack Swigert took his place.
Apollo 1 did not launch. It caught fire during a training routine weeks before the scheduled launch date.
she blew up
The astronauts stayed in the command module during launch and reentyry to earth. As it has a tiles that prevent the craft from over heating during reentry.
Apollo 7 launched from the Air Force Station's launch pad LC-34 (this was the only Apollo mission that did not launch from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39-A)
Apollo 1 was supposed to launch on February 21, 1967.
Apollo 1 did not launch. It caught fire during a training routine weeks before the scheduled launch date.
she blew up
The astronauts stayed in the command module during launch and reentyry to earth. As it has a tiles that prevent the craft from over heating during reentry.
Apollo 7 launched from the Air Force Station's launch pad LC-34 (this was the only Apollo mission that did not launch from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39-A)
Apollo 1 was supposed to launch on February 21, 1967.
Well, the Apollo 1 didn't even launch. During a launch pad test, the cabin caught fire (don't know how though) and all crew members died.
Several people died, but none during an actual mission. Three astronauts died during a fire in the Apollo 1 capsule during a test launch in 1967.
The rocket to launch Apollo 13 was the Saturn 5 rocket.
It was Apollo 7 in 1967.
Apollo 12 was launched in December 1969.
Apollo 15 was launched in July 1971.
when it was ready.