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Apollo restart after deadly fire shifts to moon goal
The 1967 Apollo fire killed astronauts Grissom White and Chaffee, paused the moon bid, and spurred investigations blaming NASA and North American Rockwell. Now Walter Schirra leads a new crew on Launch Pad 34 as the space race resumes with renewed confidence and a goal to reach the moon by 1969.
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William J. Cromie
World Book Science Service
Cape Kennedy
Gus Grissom
Ed White
Roger Chaffee
Grissom
America
Walter M. Schirra Jr
U.S
Earth
Robert Goddard
Worcester
Mass
English Channel
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
John Kennedy
Schirra
NASA
Space Agency
North American Rockwell Corp
Jerry Jolley
North Ameri
Can
Dave Levine
North American
Apollo
Robert C. Seamans
Alan Shephard
Edward Brooks
Charles Percy
Ill
James C. Web
Agency
Walter Schirra
Donn Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Eisele
Frank Borman
Fire Investigation Board
White
Chaffee
Space
Harrison A. Storms
William
Bill) Bergen
Floral Park
N.Y
Bergen
Healy
Baltimore
Wally Schirra
Sue Chumley
Charlotte
N.C
Sue
Elberta
Utah
LeRoy Miller
Jolley
Carl Feyh
Downey