Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. Sound Recordings Relating to the Apollo 204 Accident

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Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. Sound Recordings Relating to the Apollo 204 Accident

1967

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/561897

This series consists of audio recordings documenting communication between astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee and Edward H. White and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) control units before and during Apollo 204 accident. Also included are Colonel Frank Borman's inspection of the burned command module, proceedings of the Apollo 204 Review Board, and an address to Apollo Project staff by Project Manager Joseph Shea on the implications of the accident.

167 audio reels

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 6474728

National Archives at College Park

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Borman, Frank, 1928-

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Frank Borman, U.S. Astronaut who led the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission and Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Airlines from 1975-1986, was born in Gary, Indiana, March 14, 1928. Raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he learned to fly at age 15, Borman attended U.S. Military Academy, West Point and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1950, thus beginning a 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force. He received a Masters of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the California Institute of ...

Chaffee, Roger B., 1935-1967

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Roger Chaffee was one of the three Apollo I astronauts killed in a fire on the launch pad, January 27, 1967. The other astronauts were Lt. Cols.Virgil (Gus) Grissom and Edward H. White II. From the description of Papers, records, photographs and artifacts 1935-1967. (Grand Rapids Public Library). WorldCat record id: 15212313 ...

Shea, Joseph W.

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Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...