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Redlands Daily Facts

Location

Redlands, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1972

Page

8

Apollo Legacy: 1967 Fire Spurs Redesign For Moon Landing

CAPE KENNEDY UPD The moon nearly slipped from America during Apollo 1. A cabin fire killed Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee, prompting a redesign of the command module, safer oxygen use, fireproofing and procedures. Apollo 7 in 1968 proved the path forward with an 11 day Earth orbit mission.

Apollo AL Rossiter JR APS Cape Kennedy UPD Moon America Project Gemini Virgil I Gus” Grissom Earth Edward H. White Roger B. Chaffee NASA North American Aviation Rocco A. Petrone Cape

Apollo 11 Moon Landing and Earlier Space Milestones

Apollo program milestones are recalled with Apollo 8 orbiting the moon in 1968, Apollo 9 testing the spacecraft in Earth orbit, Apollo 10 rehearsing lunar operations, and Apollo 11 landing on the Sea of Tranquillity on July 20 1969 with Armstrong and Aldrin, Collins in orbit, culminating in a global television celebration.

Thomas P. Stafford John W. Young Eugene A. Cernan Moon Neil A. Armstrong Michael Collins Edwin E. Aldrin Earth Eagle Armstrong Aldrin Collins Pacific Ocean Kennedy

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