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Apollo 1 Fire Exposes Faults In Spacecraft Design
An initial pressurization test on January 27 with astronauts Grissom White and Chaffee inside the Apollo capsule ended in a fatal cabin fire. The investigation cites pure oxygen environment, aggressive flame spread, and an electrical fault as key factors, prompting questions about hatch design, communications, and program management.
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