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heng44
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posted 01-27-2017 12:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Apollo 1 command pilot Gus Grissom leaves the transfer van at the base of Launch Complex 34 on the fatal date of January 27, 1967, fifty years ago. Grissom is followed by pilot Roger Chaffee. Senior pilot Ed White waits his turn in the van.

Kite
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posted 01-27-2017 02:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kite     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
How very thoughtful of you Ed to post your Photo of the Week to commemorate the actual day 50 years on from that tragic event.

astro-nut
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posted 01-27-2017 02:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very well done and respectfully. Thank you for sharing!

MCroft04
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posted 01-27-2017 04:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MCroft04   Click Here to Email MCroft04     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I can still recall the special news bulletin on TV that announced this tragedy. I was only a teenager, but I had been following the space race very closely. I was devastated! Still am.

Thanks for the photo Ed!

Wehaveliftoff
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posted 01-27-2017 05:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wehaveliftoff     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yesterday, I watched most of those newscasts on YouTube.

Philip
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posted 01-28-2017 02:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Rarely seen photo!

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