#as-204

[lonestarflight]

AS-204 Apollo Command and Service Module (CSM-012) on the testing work stand at North American Aviation's facility in Downey, California.

Date: April 18, 1966

SDASM Archives: Casson_0082

[moonwatchuniverse]

December 1966 - January 1967  NASA astronaut Edward White LtColonel Ed White and his wife Pat after a relaxing Christmas holiday as the astronaut would start preparations for the first mission of NASA’s manned Apollo Moon program. The couple spent Christmas time and New Year at their home near Houston - Texas. However, on January 27, 1967 a cabin fire destroyed the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test killing the three astronauts; Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee. Photo shows Ed White wearing a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003 chronograph on a steel mesh JB champion bracelet... note that the chronograph hand was running ! (Photo: NASA/WBESS)

[lonestarflight]

Cryotank Fuel Cells on the Apollo 1 Service Module (SM-012) at North American's Downey facility in California.

Date: August 7, 1966

SDASM Archives: Casson_0084

[lonestarflight]

The Apollo 1 Command Module (CM-012) being loaded up into the Aero Space lines Pregnant Guppy, bound for the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Date: August 24, 1966

SDASM Archives: Casson_0002, Casson_0004, Casson_0007, Casson_0008

[lonestarflight]

Astronauts James A. McDivitt Jr, Roger B. Chaffee, Edward H. White are shown training in Apollo Mockup No. 2 (M-2) at North American Aviation's Downey facility. This was during critical design review [CDR] activity for the Apollo spacecraft and Apollo AS-204.

Date: June 24, 1966

NASA ID: S66-28047

[lonestarflight]

Ground crews stack the S-IB first stage of the Apollo 1 (AS-204) Saturn IB (SA-204), onto the pedestal at Launch Pad 34.

Date: August 29, 1966

NASA ID: link

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 1 astronauts Roger Chaffee, Edward White, and Gus Grissom in the Apollo Command Module training for their mission.

Date: 1966

Science Photo Library: C016/6370