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What Caused The Tragedy That Killed The Three Apollo 1 Astronauts?

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). What caused the Apollo 1 tragedy? During a test …

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Where Did The Astronauts Train For Missions?

Astronaut candidates receive training at JSC near Houston, Texas. They attend classes on shuttle systems, in basic science and technology: mathematics, geology meteorology, guidance and navigation, oceanography, orbital dynamics, astronomy, physics, and materials processing are among the subjects. Where do the astronauts train? Since 1980, every NASA astronaut has walked the floors of the Astronaut …

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