Jan 29 1967
From The Space Library
Memorial service for Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee was held in Houston. Among those attending were Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of MSFC; Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of MSC; and Dr. George E. Mueller, NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight. (Bloom, W Post, 1/30/67)
Greatest damage to Apollo 1 spacecraft in which three astronauts died in Jan. 27 flash fire seemed to have occurred near point where electrical cables from launch pad entered cabin, reported Aviation Week writer George Alexander, who represented news media when NASA authorized one person to visit KSC's Launch Complex 34. Alexander said the spacecraft "looked like the inside of a furnace . . . the interior . . . is a darkened, dingy compartment. Its walls are covered with a slate- gray deposit of smoke and soot; its floor and couch frame are covered with ashes and debris-most of it indeterminate. . . ." (UPI, NYT, 1/30/67; W Post, 1/30/67, Al, A2; W Star, 1/30/67, Al, A3)
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