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Exterior view of the Apollo 204 spacecraft after the fire, which killed astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee on Jan. 27, 1967 "One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on this day when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed by a flash fire during a pre-flight test. After the disaster, the mission was officially designated "Apollo 1" and "Complex 34" was declared a national historic landmark.