Mission Goals
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Testing of the S-IVB
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Checkout of the Command and Service Modules (CSM)
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Successful maneuvering of the Command Module
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Approach and simulated rendevous with S-IVB second stage
The flight of Apollo 1 was to have been the shakedown flight of the Saturn 1B
and Apollo spacecraft, the first flight with man on board. Its goal was to
demonstrate performance and operability of the CSM.
Crew in transfer van on the way to the pad
Left to right: Gus, Ed, Roger
 That
day never came for Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee.
But out of the ashes of that horrible tragedy was born a new spacecraft,
stronger and more secure, for future crews who eventually achieved America's
goals of landing and exploration on the moon.
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