Template:Did you know nominations/Apollo 1

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The result was: rejected by Yoninah (talk) 19:46, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
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Apollo 1

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Grissom, White, and Chaffee in front of their Apollo 1 rocket on the launch pad

• ... that Apollo 1, the first manned mission of the Apollo program, was ended about a month before its scheduled launch by a fire on the pad, which killed its crew of Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee?

Improved to Good Article status by JustinTime55 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:28, 6 June 2016 (UTC).

• This article has been featured in bold on On This Day several times and isn't eligible for DYK. Bcp67 (talk) 20:18, 6 June 2016 (UTC)