Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 78, The Apollo 1 Fire. I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be just introducing the episode today.

If you're familiar with us, this is where we bring in scientists, engineers, astronauts,

all to let you know the coolest information about what's going on right here at NASA.

We recently revisited Apollo 8 in celebration of the mission's 50th anniversary.

And this week at NASA, we celebrate our day of remembrance where we recognize the sacrifices

of the brave astronauts of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia, all who gave their lives on the

quest to explore the Cosmos and reveal the unknown.

So on today's episode, we go back to January 2017, where we held a panel in recognition of the 50th anniversary

of Apollo 1. Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a fire

during a plugs-out test of the Apollo capsule on January 27th,

1967. Setting the course for correcting many of the flaws of the vehicle that were vital

to the successful landing on the moon by the end of the decade.

For the panel we brought in some expert guests from the Apollo program

to reveal some of the decisions and milestones that were learned from this tragedy.

Taking the stage were astronaut Walt Cunningham, Project Engineer Gary Johnson

and flight director Glenn Lenny, astronaut Frank Bormant joined by video.

The event was moderated by active astronaut Nicole Mann.

Director and Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center at the time

Ellen Ochoa and Mark Geier respectively gave opening remarks and go into greater detail about the esteemed panelists.

In recognition of our day of remembrance, and with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions

recently passed and still to come, we bring you some of the legends of NASA that helped us to land

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