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 (Photo: AP)

Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee die when a fire sweeps their command module during a ground test at Kennedy Space Center.

Pictured: Apollo 1 crewmembers Grissom, White and Chaffee, l-r.