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American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,985 posts) Fri Jan 27, 2023, 07:27 AM Jan 2023

Last edited Fri Jan 27, 2023, 11:56 AM - Edit history (2)

Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died in sudden launchpad capsule fire, Cape Kennedy, tonight 1967:

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Watch as CBS special report announces death of Apollo astronauts in fire, tonight 1967:

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January 27, 1967: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee die in launchpad capsule fire (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 OP

Astronauts are like USAF test pilots and those who fly combat. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #1

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1. Astronauts are like USAF test pilots and those who fly combat.

Fri Jan 27, 2023, 07:32 AM

Jan 2023

They know they might not come home at the end of the day.

It is a very dangerous job.

But they do it anyway.