There was a fire in the crew compartment of the Saturn V rocket prior to take off killing all three crew members.
The Apollo 1 crew consisted of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Caffee.
Three astronauts died in the Apollo 1 space accident: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee.
Apollo 1 really brought home the danger inherent to space travel. Prior to the A1 fire NASA had grown almost complacent i ntheir safety methods. Apollo 1 showed them that, regardless how inocuous a test may seem, spce travel is dangerous.
There were a total of 17 Apollo missions conducted by NASA between 1961 and 1972. Of these, Apollo 1 ended tragically in a pre-launch accident, while Apollo 7 through Apollo 17 successfully completed their missions, including the historic moon landings from Apollo 11 to Apollo 17. Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 were the final missions to land astronauts on the moon.
Apollo 3 was cancelled after the Apollo 1 disaster in 1967, which resulted in the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. The Apollo program continued with Apollo 4 as the first manned mission, ultimately leading to the successful moon landings.
There is a documentary called "Apollo 1" available at amazon.com or from SpacecraftFilms, but no movie based on the accident.
The Apollo 1 crew consisted of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Caffee.
Three astronauts died in the Apollo 1 space accident: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee.
It is generally viewed as a tragic accident.
No after the fire at Apollo 1, then N.A.S.A then moved to Apollo7.
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No it was a accident a pure tank of oxygen caught fire, congress had no part in it.
During a test run of the Apollo 1 module, there was an explosion. all three members where killed in the accident. Since th Apollo missions started a tragedy, NASA skipped ahead to Apollo 7, wchich is a lucky number. so,there was no Apollo 3
Apollo 1 really brought home the danger inherent to space travel. Prior to the A1 fire NASA had grown almost complacent i ntheir safety methods. Apollo 1 showed them that, regardless how inocuous a test may seem, spce travel is dangerous.
There were a total of 17 Apollo missions conducted by NASA between 1961 and 1972. Of these, Apollo 1 ended tragically in a pre-launch accident, while Apollo 7 through Apollo 17 successfully completed their missions, including the historic moon landings from Apollo 11 to Apollo 17. Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 were the final missions to land astronauts on the moon.
Apollo 3 was cancelled after the Apollo 1 disaster in 1967, which resulted in the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. The Apollo program continued with Apollo 4 as the first manned mission, ultimately leading to the successful moon landings.