<p>The first piloted Apollo flight – called Apollo 204, though it would later be known as Apollo 1 – was intended for tests in Earth orbit, part of the eventual path to later Apollo missions going to the Moon. The mission was crewed by Gus Grissom, America’s second man in space; Ed White, the country’s<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/jan-27-1967-the-apollo-1-fire/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Jan. 27, 1967: The Apollo 1 fire"</span></a></p>
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The first piloted Apollo flight – called Apollo 204, though it would later be known as Apollo 1 – was intended for tests in Earth orbit, part of the eventual path to later Apollo missions going to the Moon. The mission was crewed by Gus Grissom, America’s second man in space; Ed White, the country’sContinue reading “Jan. 27, 1967: The Apollo 1 fire”
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