Air disaster

Apollo 1

27 Jan 1967 · 28.52° N, 80.56° W

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When
27 Jan 1967
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
28.52° N, 80.56° W
Description
failed crewed test flight of the United States Apollo program

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Apollo 1

Planned United States spaceflight (1967)

Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to be launched on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module.

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