Apollo 1 Disaster Board Seeks Likely Cause
A NASA review board advances the Apollo 1 investigation with material analysis to identify burn locations and flame variations. The probe notes two fire phases, traces of heat on components, and suggests Grissom faced the most exposure while Chaffee experienced the least.
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Tasmanian fire toll rises to 58 in southeast disaster
The southeastern Tasmanian fire disaster fatalities climbed to 58 after a 30 year old man died in Royal Hobart Hospital. NASA's space disaster inquiry into the Apollo I fire continues with a methodical, daily panel review at Cape Kennedy as 21 work groups probe ignition sources and materials.
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Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Floyd L. Thompson
NASA
Langley Research Center
Cape Kennedy
Robert C. Seamans
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