Apollo 1
January 28, 1967
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee are dead. There was a fire on the launch pad yesterday afternoon during a ground test. I heard it on the radio on the way home from work. I had to pull over. I sat in the car for a long time before…
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January 28, 1967
I wrote ten days ago that I was worried about Apollo 1. I am not going to feel any vindication about that. Three men are dead.
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Gemini Program
May 25, 1965
Jim McDivitt and Ed White flew for four days on Gemini 4. White walked in space. McDivitt tried to fly a rendezvous with the spent second stage and found it harder than expected.
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