January 27th...The Apollo 1 Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 101. This time we examine the year 1967 as astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Edward White lose their lives in the Apollo 1 fire.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

  

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

 

Sources:

https://earthhow.com/earth-atmosphere-composition/

https://www.aip.org/news/2019/trial-fire-legacy-apollo-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1

https://www.space.com/14379-apollo1-fire-space-capsule-safety-improvements.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2692032/apollo-1-crews-last-moments-revealed-by-nasa-flight-director-kris-kraft-who-listened-in-from-mission-control/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/the-hell-of-apollo-1-pure-oxygen-a-single-spark-and-death-in-17-seconds/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/50-years-ago-three-astronauts-died-in-the-apollo-1-fire/

https://www.space.com/14367-obama-nasa-remembrance-day-space-tragedies.html

https://www.space.com/35477-apollo1-new-nasa-hatches-exhibit.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/9adbba/apollo-fire-feature

https://spacepolicyonline.com/events/nasa-day-of-remembrance-2021-jan-28-2021-1100-am-et/

 

Photo: 

https://www.space.com/17338-apollo-1.html