Apollo 1🚀💥

                                            Apollo 1

-Introduction - Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was the first manned mission of the United States Apollo program.

-The astronauts (pilots) - There were three : Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967), Senior Pilot Edward H. White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967), and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967).

-The tragedy - Tragedy happened on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 1. The mission was to be the first crewed flight of Apollo. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module.