26 February 1966
AS-201
Apollo-Saturn 201 tests spacecraft systems without a crew.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape Kennedy in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Apollo-Saturn 201 tests spacecraft systems without a crew.
Is assigned as senior pilot for Apollo 1.
Is named commander for the first crewed Apollo mission.
Is assigned as pilot for Apollo 1.
Apollo-Saturn 202 tests the command module heat shield.
Dies with Grissom and Chaffee during the Apollo 1 test.
Dies in the Apollo 1 cabin fire during a launch rehearsal.
Dies during the Apollo 1 launch pad test.
Apollo 5 tests the lunar module in Earth orbit.
Serves as command module pilot on the first crewed Apollo mission.
Commands Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo spacecraft mission.
Serves as lunar module pilot on Apollo 7.
Flies aboard the Saturn IB launch vehicle during Apollo 7.
Provenance
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