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View of severely damaged area near the floor in the lower forward section of the left-hand equipment bay below the Environmental Control Unit in Apollo spacecraft 012. April 9, 1967. "One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred onJanuary 27, 1967 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.