Apollo 1 Audio - 27 January, 1967
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- Apollo 1 (AS-204) was scheduled to be the first manned flight of the Apollo program. On 27th January 1967, a fire broke out during a test which killed astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
This is the audio leading up to and including the fire.
Apollo 1 is a vital part of the history of manned spaceflight. The deaths of Grissom, White and Chaffee should never be forgotten.
The Challenger and Columbia disasters are probably more well known due to the news coverage they received.
This video is to remind people of the sacrifice made by three astronauts, who are maybe less known to most people, but made a priceless contribution to the Apollo program. This led to man being successful in walking on the Moon. History should be preserved for the public, and true heroes always remembered. - Наука та технологія
28:44 "How are we gonna get to the Moon if we can't talk between three buildings?"
Classic Gus. Almost fitting for those to be his last words.
...the last thing he said was, "Jesus Christ"...that's classic Gus.
Grissom: "Say again...?"
and that thing was literally a fire death trap thanks to the bad wiring and oxegyn. course it didnt stop some people from trying to blame the fire on gus...
harooni22 That's right murdered by Nassholes.
G Beez
No, the pure oxygen did it. Pure oxygen is pretty dangerous shit.
The "We're burning up!" part is absolutely horrifying.
Roger Chaffee spoke those words. He was only 31 years old......
Burning is about the worst way to go..... @@bandfromtheband9445
@broomsterm didnt you hear the "aararrghhhh" they did not suffocated , they burned and felt it.
All these guys were highly trained fighter jocks and test pilots, they are the last people in the world that would panic or scream in fear, that was a scream of intense pain.
@broomsterm Um no, they burned didn't you hear him screaming .
Without Gus, Ed and Roger, there would be no Neil, Buzz and Mike. Hell of a sacrifice for mankind. Heroes. RIP.
Killed indeed
@Ajo Aja Total bullshit. Just so the list is manageable, which hoaxes/conspiracies do you NOT fall for? I'm betting you are a Flat Earther too.
@@MissLadyLoveJoy hows your divorce going
@@erepivel104 Infrared ear thermometers, Ventricular assist device, LASIK, Cochlear implants, Artificial limbs, Light-emitting diodes in medical therapies (or LED's for short), Invisible braces, Scratch-resistant lenses, Camera Phones, Foil Blankets, Water Purifying Systems, and a ton of other shit as well.
@@erepivel104 really??? Are you ok??? 😂
"We're burning up!!" Almost made me cry... rest in peace, you guys..you were brave..
the only good thing about it... they didn't actually burn. They asphyxiated before the fire melted through their suits. Their suits held, it was the air hoses that did not, and the toxic smoke flooded in
murdered by nasa.
@@last7509 no
@@last7509 Mike is right. No indeed.
@@Mikael5732 you are right! they certainly were not!
This audio tape should be required listening for every engineer/technician and member of the team responsible for flight crew safety. Once heard it will remain firmly fixed in the memory, a constant reminder.
Ron Eisele - Kindle Author According to Mike Mullane, an astronaut, they all had to listen to it before they could start training.
They should have been criminally prosecuted for negligence.
Prosecute who? The Apollo 1 fire was fully investigated and not one person ever alleged any negligence. Negligence would have been to refuse to learn from it. But the space program DID learn from it. Never again did they use that hatch design, and safety features were built into future hatches to accommodate emergency exits. Also, they never again utilized a pure oxygen environment for spacecraft, something that made the fire much worse than it might have been otherwise.
Not correct. The Apollo Spacecraft utilized a pure O2 environment. The difference on the Block II Spacecraft (the only production block that was flown) was that the cabin air-pressure was equal to the ambient air pressure at launch, it was either just the same mixture as our atmosphere at sea-level, or it was some kind of oxygen-nitrogen combo. This was purged during ascent, and replaced with a pure O2 atmosphere at 4--5psi, which was much lover. You can hear all the astronauts call out the relief/purge of the cabin, and that the new O2 that´s replacing the old atmosphere is holding.
@@nuancolar7304 Rockwell made many changes for safety in the CM2. I can tell you - it scarred those Rockwell Aerospace Engineers for life. The CM2s were all constructed in OK, by the Tulsa Team. They were determined none of their "boys," would die on their watch! My dad's Tulsa Team also made the Space Shuttle doors, which never failed.
Time may inch away from this event, but you're not forgotten, gentlemen.
Nicely put.
No one will ever forget it.! They didn't die in vain.
You will NEVER be forgotten!
i met ed white. my dad flew with him. we got news of this while stationed in germany
As long as we chase the stars we won't forget them
Chaffee’s “We’re burning up!” Made me cry. The agonizing pain and sheer horror in his voice is so powerful
Absolutely haunting audio, you can tell they were all in absolute panic mode. So sad
Very sad. Reminds me of the Kevin Cosgrove shout "OH GOD!" as the south tower of the WTC collapsed. At least they were able to imrpove
I just cannot imagine the feeling you have when you're going to die, and can't do anything to avoid it, thats so terrible...
Reste in Peace.
I keep that mentality about me in my daily life. I just dont know when or how. I guess I hope it will help me accept it if i can't do anything to stop it when it comes.
That reminds me those folks in the German wings.
especially in space? ugh
Roast and beef
I rember this day, I was seven years old. I never understood how it happened. Fifty years later I sit with something called an iPad watching something called UA-cam...and learn the truth. I just wish there was this technology and ability to experience and learn when I was a child. Thank you for this video...your time and efforts are greatly appreciated...now, I finally understand. Thank you.
Fifty years later, I'm having to explain to a grown adult that for fifty years he could have read these things called books, and visited these places called libraries, and learned some stuff called the "truth".......that learning and the "truth" (ymmv) didn't start with the internets and your fucking liepad.......if only he could be as bothered about the truth as he claims he is and wasn't just attention seeking.
:/
I remember this too! I was 11 years old when this happened and had heard that there was recordings of the last moments and of the astronauts screams! This is the first I've heard the actual recording!
@@stevebell4853 Aren't you being a little critical? 50 years ago we also had things called television and newspapers where we got the news of things like this and as I remember this was reported all over the news just like the Challenger and Columbia disasters! What we didn't have access to was the recording which is now possible due to the internet!
Steve Bell While it was possible to read about this disaster, it took 50 years for him to finally hear what happened on the ship.
@@theobserver4214 As I implied in my comment, we had access to the national news back then! Since we didn't have the internet AND the Freedom of Information Act, what couldn't be accessed were things like these recordings! I had heard back then that they existed but we're sealed! I'm glad now that they were not publicly available back then!
When Chaffee screams "We're burning up" I got chills. That is horrifying.
That was horrible...
And nobody went to jail for this triple murder. It was "an accident". Yeah, right. It's interesting how their families never believed it was an accident. Families of test pilots usually don't accuse people of murder. They may say "negligence" but you'll never hear them saying "murder". Well, the families of the 3 dead astronauts said "murder". Not negligence. They believe it was a murder. Why would they think that? Why don't they believe it was just an accident?
@@cinegraphics You keep repeating "murder" as if it's going to make your conspiracy nonsense more true.
@@ShellShock11C because it was a triple murder. And their families are convinced it was a murder. You don't often hear families of astronauts spitting on their own government, unless the government did something as horrible as deliberately killing people who were criticizing their space program (and by "criticizing" I mean telling the truth).
@@cinegraphics It may be noteworthy that the families felt that way, but that in itself does not prove that it was murder.
It would hardly be a logical way to deal with critics to have them burn up in a fire, since the event would make the space program look shoddy and dangerous. Plus, it would cause millions of dollars in damage, and would jeopardize the whole program.
I remember hearing about this when I was an 8 year old child but I didn't quite understand what happened at the time. Now I'm 61 and this is the first time I've heard the haunting voices of the astronauts as the fire erupted. We can never forget these brave men and their contribution to manned spaceflight. Hearing the men die in this recording was very disturbing, but I understand better now the horror of this event and I will always remember and honor these men.
lol we did forget them tho
My mom is your age but she never talked to me about this.
i hope youre doing incredibly well friend
Very well said.
RIP Gus, Ed and Roger.
Heroes.
As terrible and tragic as it was, one fortunate thing to come out of it was the fact that it happened on the ground, and not in space. If it had happened in space, then all the causes of & contributing factors to the fire would've likely remained a mystery forever. But since it happened on the ground, it was possible to examine every last piece of the spacecraft & do a complete failure-analysis & much-needed redesign of the entire craft. Also, it provided a wake-up call to everyone involved in the program, reminding everyone of the dangers involved & to take no chances, no unnecessary risks. So in that regard, it made all subsequent flights that much safer.
and the rocket and fuel wouldn't have been wasted
Paul Cwick - The fire was much less likely to happen in space. It's still 100% oxygen once in space, but not at 16+ psi, only about 4 psi (for human respiration 100% O2 at 4 psi equals the partial pressure of 20% O2 at sea level). It had to be sea level plus 4 psi during the ground test to simulate a vacuum outside the capsule (the pressure inside had to be 4 psi greater than ambient, sea level pressure).
Denkelnk- Dude, thanks! Considering how grim this topic is, I managed to get a good laugh out of your comment!
The idiots who designed the Apollo capsule should have anticipated this tragedy. One spark in an oxygen-rich capsule is an inferno-that they missed such an obvious defect is indefensible and criminally negligent.
Absolutely! And may their souls rest in eternal Peace! We would not have made it to the Moon without you.
Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia. No matter how hard mankind tries, we will experience events like these. Their legacy lives on.
They are not all the same. Apollo 1 was on purpose. Challenger and Columbia were accidents.
Pretty good track record considering we are strapping ourselves on missiles to space
@@cinegraphics Explain?!
@@georgearthur205 Mission AS-204 (later renamed to Apollo 1) was unfortunately sabotaged and turned into an assassination of Gus Grissom. He was initially selected as the man to land on the Moon. But he was openly critical of the project, telling the journalists that it won't work, that it's falling apart, etc. Famous are his photos in which he's praying above the command module, or his press conference where he hang a lemon on the command module. He was basically telling the public that entire project is a lemon. Which lead to his death. His colleagues died with him, to make it look like an unfortunate accident. His wife and son are 100% convinced it was an assassination. Gus Grissom himself announced that he might be killed. Even his last words (in the very same Apollo 1 mission) were like: "How will we go to the Moon when we can't talk between 3 buildings on Earth". After the accident his son examined the CM and found a piece of metal inserted to cause a spark when switching from the external power source to internal batteries. A spark was enough, since the module was full of flammable material and 100% oxygen atmosphere.
@@cinegraphics well wouldnt it be better to just fire him than murder him?
This is my first time hearing this audio. This hurts to listen and to hear him scream knowing that he is at his end and in his screams you can hear the pure fear and pain. This men will never be forgotten and may they now live in peace knowing they help take a step to stop this from happening again. R.I.P. Gus
This was incredibly well put together. It's the 2nd most horrifying piece of audio I've ever heard, outside of the Station fire in 2003, and just ahead of the Kevin Cosgrove call from 9/11
Look up some of the disturbing 911 call videos on UA-cam. There's some pretty bad ones. Probably worse than this imo
I watched the Station Fire from the balcony of my apartment in Panorama City. It looked like a nuke was dropped. Sikorsky helos flew directly over my apartment going to and from Van Nuys Airport for refueling. Then ash started dropping in the Los Angeles Basin and San Fernando Valley. The air quality was horrifically bad.
What audio is associated with the Station fire???
Didn't know about the station fire until now!
@@stephanietyson8269 I've seen film footage but not a separate audio
Man, that was heavy.
After all these years, it never stops hurting. This is one reason why I get so pissed off when I hear stupid knuckleheads say we never went the moon. Great men died during the attempt.
Mark S uh huh. Fuck you.
No fuck you!! It's impossible and ask any fucking real scientist!! They have all said it!! This man knew they couldn't and he said it in public!! They had to get rid of him!
These men were murdered.
@@Sirstarfish "Murder' requires and intent to kill. I wouldn't go that far. I believe the Challenger explosion was even more negligent, but nobody wanted to see them die.
Lil Zakk it isn't impossible. Give evidence that moon landings never happened.
So many hard lessons learned during the years of space flight. On both Russian and US side.
Ive been studying nasa and its various programs since i was a teenager. I know the following to be facts. after the apollo 1 fire the CM was completely redesigned, the whole program was put on hold while every wire, circuit, switch, relay, breaker, insulating material and cabin materials were evaluated and changed.The hatch was completely redesigned. pad launch tests were no longer conducted with a pure O2 atmosphere. emergency procedures were overhauled, swing arm 9 was parked close to the hatch until T: -00:05:00.
The entire shuttle program was again put on hold after challenger while the SRBs and attach points were evaluated and overhauled. an extra o-ring was added to the case segments as well as o-ring heaters, insulation was changed to alleviate blowby, and a million other changes to launch criteria. After columbia foam insulation was removed from specific areas and heaters were placed in certain areas. inspection cameras as well materials to repair damage were provided. while the decision to launch sts51 was an absolute fukin egregious lapse of professionalism, i wouldnt say they didnt learn from it or the other accidents and near misses. they got luck with mercurys CRAZY retro pack, but i bet you wont see a retro pack on a manned spacecraft again.
I've heard Jim McDivitt argue that the hatch was NOT redesigned because of the fire.
The Block 1 CM was designed based on the original 1960/61 concept of Apollo, which did not involve EVAs or docking. Therefore, it was thought that it was safer to design a hatch that could NOT be opened easily in case it inadvertently opened in the vacuum of space. Once Lunar Orbit Rendezvous was decided on in 1962, it was obvious that the Block 1 Apollo CM would not be good enough for actual lunar missions. Therefore as early as 1963 they began redesigning major parts of the CM to facilitate LOR type missions. This included an outward opening hatch. The redesign was called Block 2.
Of course, the fire DID prompt a major reassessment of certain aspects of the CM design, such as materials being used, tidying up wiring looms and better management and quality control.
Collin Wys
Apollo 1: January 27
Challenger: January 28
Columbia: February 1
Mathematically, that’s almost impossible, unless they’re related. In all cases, NASA was accused of blowing through warning signs and ignoring safety issues. It seems they can’t function properly in winter.
@@EricIrl The Tulsa Team who constructed it, simply called it, "CM2."
@@EricIrl The hatch was definitely redesigned. The problem was that the original hatch, consisted of 2 parts. The first part, needed to be opened by a torque-wrench, which would take at least 90 seconds to get that done. Ed White had to reach for that wrench first and started with unscrewing the hatch. Also the hatch was inwards. Apart from that, the outer hatch took some time to open too. The thing they changed after the fire, was to redesign the hatch, which could be opened by just turning a lever, and the hatch would turn outwards.
29:48 Is where everything begins
Guitarfollower22 😢
Guitarfollower22 :(
Guitarfollower22 Thank you.
the beginning of the end of everything for gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffe. =( R.I.P, soldiers.
Where the murder begins.
On the 27th, when it's 6.31pm local time, wherever you are in the world. Take a brief moment to remember them
Don't know if you caught this today....
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/nasa-displays-apollo-capsule-hatch-50-years-after-fatal-fire/ar-AAmf1z9
January 27th is my birthday (65 now). I was 14 y/o that day and where I was we were in the middle of the worst blizzard in recorded time. I've been lucky to have lived through The early Mercury flights to the Falcon Heavy launch. Gus Grissom was my favorite astronaut. Roger Chaffee was from Grand Rapids Mi. very close to where I still live today. So, you can see why I'll never forget that day. Thanks for posting the video, rattled the memory box.
OLHB4IG, you speak as though you've heard this audio before. I did not know that it had been released. I myself clicked Stop. Maybe I will listen. But not today.
DL753, I was wondering if you have a personal connection to Apollo 1. A family member, perhaps.
Da Hawk, Sorry for the late reply. YT has stopped sending me notifications for some reason. I don't have any connections to Apollo 1. In fact, I'm not even American. I'm British and I was born in 1983, long after the last Apollo launch. I'm just a spaceflight enthusiast who loves doing research. I watched Apollo 13 (great movie) when I was a kid and the opening scene is the Apollo 1 fire. I knew about it before then, but that scene made me want to learn more about it.
Before the internet, it wasn't easy to learn about the space programs which frustrated me, especially living in Britain. Although NASA were brilliant and always sent me huge packages stuffed with documentation whenever I wrote to them. Since then I've just spent time researching. Maybe too much time sometimes lol.
Oh and don't listen to the final part until you are ready. It's not easy to listen to. I listened to it countless times to try and get the subtitles right and by the end it started to affect me deeply. That's why I had the warnings. I wanted people to make their own choice about whether to listen to it or not.
Shit. Chaffee's scream is just as disturbing as the guy on the top floor of the South WTC just as it's about to collapse.
This is soooooooooooooooooooooo
That's what I thought as well. Both blood curdling screams. Hard to get that out of my head.
'Officially' they all died of smoke inhalation, and suffered no burns.
Thank God I read the comments before seeing the video. If his scream is as hard to forget as Kevin Cosgrove's scream. Then I guess I shouldn't even see it
Agusnico 10712 I do find it difficult to listen to
The last words where “Were burning up!”. Rest In Peace Gus, Ed, and Roger. We will never forget you.
“We’re burning up!”
Aaaaaa my heart.
According to Jim Lovell's book "Lost Moon", when the hatch was opened they couldn't see any of these three men, even though they were still in their seats. The fire had burned everything to the same color of black and gray ash. The base fire chief was the first to go in, and didn't relize that he was actually on top of Ed White's chest. Once he realized this, he grabbed ahold of one of White's legs. The boot came off easily because it had melted. He then pinched the skin of White's leg, and pulled it back and forth several times. Nothing came loose, so by that he knew these men had not burned to death, they had succumbed to toxic gasses that were released by the fire. They most likely had died quickly after Chaffee's anguished cry of "We're burning up".
That's what they would want you to think so it doesn't seem so bad
No. These men burned to death. I don't care what anyone says. They died in agony.
@Mark L Um. Breathing superheated gas (toxic or not) doesnt instantly knock you out. The superheated gas sears your bronchioles and makes it so your lungs cant inflate and the scorched alveoli can no longer exchange oxygen properly. Youve got a minute or 2 of agony where you are still concious and cant inhale or speak. It is the worst way to die because you might not burn to death externally, but you literally scorch your lungs apart. These men suffered, and it shouldnt be whitewashed into "oh they were instantly killed and didnt suffer" to assuage guilt of how NASA repeatedly ignored issues.
@@plague_seeker9354 cold🤣
Reddit has photos. No need to guess.
Unfortunate that it took something like this to make those ships safe. Thank you Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia.
Robert Dambeck don’t forget to honor those lost in the STS-1 pad fatalities.
@@michaelm5149 What deaths are you referring to? I don't remember hearing of any fatalities from Columbia STS 1 flight
@@silvereagle2061 I think Michael is referring to the deaths of three pad ground technicians. They were doing work on Columbia, near the engines and there was a gas leak. Undetectable and they collapsed. Another technician saw them, tried to help and he collapsed too. I don't think many people know about it but it did happen. It was before the launch. When they got to orbit, John Young and Robert Crippen paid a small tribute to them over the radio. There might be information about it on the STS-1 Wikipedia page.
DarkLight753 There was also a launchpad death on STS 134 A worker jump on the top of the tower and killed him self
Perseverance, Curiosity, Opportunity Spirit Ingenuity. 💜🇺🇲🙏
Thanks for posting this and taking the time to do such a thorough job with the subtitles. Good Job!
No probs. Thanks.
You did a beyond fantastic job on this. what a way to teach the kids, and any adults about what was at stake here. Thank you again.
These guys played the greatest part in getting men to the Moon and back safely. HEROES FOR EVER.
As someone who was part of the KSC launch teams during the Shuttle Program, thank you for sharing this. We carry the weight of the souls who have gone before us. May their memory always keep us vigilant so none under our care ever fall again.
this audio still remains to be one of the most upsetting things i've ever heard. as much as i'd hope and pray that they died quickly, they were most likely subjected to utter agony for several seconds. God bless the crew of the apollo 1 and RIP to gus grissom, edward white, and roger chaffee.
Had been reading about the Apollo 1 accident. Knew only vaguely about it from the past. Dug around and found your video. I don't know if it was 'morbid' curiosity or not. But I thank you for the warning to your audience about the audio once the fire starts. It gave me pause and I decided that if I did listen to it, I would want it to be for the right reasons--and I decided that today wasn't the day I would hear it. These guys were professional to the end.
Anyway, thank you for the warning.
It's quite alright. I made a point of putting a warning at the start of the vid and before the first transmission because I didn't want anyone to get upset. I listened to the audio numerous times to try and get the subtitles as accurate as I could. By the end it started to affect me so I knew a warning would be needed.
And you made the right decision to pause and decide for yourself.
dabearcub how disrespectful can you be
Well, you made the right choice, I listened to it and it was horrible. Roger Chaffee screamed in the end. Very sad :( these astronauts shall always be remembered.
David Smith Pussy
Chris Silvestri sick fuck, what are you 8?
Good thing theres no real footage of those 3 astronauts dying. It would be much more disturbing than the audio
There is footage somewhere, as there were cameras on the pad, and in the "White Room." Those have never been released, thankfully.
There were cameras aimed the Command Module. Deke Slayton and Stu Roosa were in the Blockhouse during the test and they said they looked at the monitors and saw a bright flash in the hatch window. They thought they also saw arms reaching out to open the hatch. They had to be White's as he was in the center couch and it was his duty to open the hatch in an emergency. Grissom probably tried to help as well. As far as I know, the camera footage was not recorded because it was a test.
I've read the accident report and I don't think there is any mention in the report of the investigators looking at the video footage. I think if the footage was available they would've used it as part of the investigation. I'll have to take a look at the report again to be certain though.
I`m sure Nolan is as horrified at what can be heard on this audio recording as everyone else.
And of course the fate of Apollo 1`s crew is absolutely gut wrenching.
But I can`t help but agreeing with him.
In regards to Apollo 1, the report said that the crew`s bodies suffered non-lethal burns due to the eventually compromised suits.
But, because of the damage to their oxygen hoses, the crew actually asphyxiated before the flames.. did harm to their bodies.
Now compare that to the fatal accident involving Valentin Bondarenko, a Russian cosmonaut.
He suffered 3rd degree burns over almost his entire body.. they spent 30 minutes getting the hatch open to get him out of the chamber.
He languished in agonizing pain for 16 hours.
That`s 16 hours, compared to all of 14 seconds.
14 seconds of being roasted alive.
I just came back from seeing First Man. They did a great job depicting the Apollo 1 fire. Knowing what was going to happen actually made the scene that much more terrifying. My heart was bursting out of my chest. There were inaccuracies resulting from the need for dramatic effect (ask me if you want spoilers), but, based on the facts, it got it right. Those three died a horrible death and I'm glad their sacrifices weren't in vain.
You are right,,,,they did get it right in First Man...but I did not like the movie as a whole.....it breezed through most of the historical aspects of Neil Armstrong's career, and then they spent more time on his Gemini 8 mission than the Apollo moon landing. On top of that there was a very glaring (to me anyway) error....in the movie, they showed him going down the ladder without a camera mounted on the front of his suit....the real Neil Armstrong had a big Hasselblad camera on his suit front and he took most of the photos on the surface.
E Drew I was also glad they touched on the event as well. Particularly given the contest of the film. Neil Armstrong and Ed White were good friends, and it's a real shame that Ed never got to fly to the moon. RIP and Godspeed to the Apollo 1 crew
I wouldn't walk across the street to see it. The asshole director refused to show the planting of the American flag.
@@rickyt43515 If you'd see the movie you'd understand why they dont show that event (it would've taken away from the intent of the scene). But since you wouldn't even walk across the street to see it, you stay ignorant. Maybe you should try forming your own opinions...
@@bigt9905 Well said.
This is the first time I have heard this, and it is terribly painful to hear; but not as painful as burning alive must have been. Our astronauts are truly great and brave people. The terror in Chaffee's voice is just..... I remember when this happened. Ed White was one of my favorite astronauts at the time.
"but not as painful as burning alive must have been"
OH YAH THINK!?
@@user-og6hl6lv7p why so pissed
yes, it was extremely stressful for them, but they thankfully didnt burn alive, the autopsy report said "it was concluded that Grissom and his two companions fell unconscious due to the gasses inside the cabin and that 'death occurred rapidly.'" so at least it was painlessdidn't
It's real cool of you to have taken the time to upload this and to have shown detailed descriptions in real time. Hearing the shouts and screams are truly haunting. I wish something so horrible would have never happened; however I suppose a monumental stuff up would have happened sooner or later. Brave men
Gentlemen, I have no words, I'm so sorry is just not enough...
Thank you is also nowhere near enough...
Rest in the loving arms of God dear sirs...
Thank you for uploading this. I was six years old when this happened and I remember it pretty well. They have been forgotten. This helps us remember.
Wdym they have been forgotten
Stopped listening after 20 minutes. It's hard to imagine anything more poignant than this transcription, which I am extremely grateful to you for the time and effort you put in to creating this. It is truly a great tribute. Not sure I can listen to the rest. As someone said, every engineer should listen to this. Rest in peace Grissom, White and Chaffee.
Robert Horwat Thanks for the comment You're very welcome. I always intended to include warnings at the beginning of the vid and before the fire. It is not easy to listen to and I wanted people to make their own choice.
I was 7 when this happened, my mom was driving us to a friend's house to play and she told us all to say a prayer for the astronauts.
Came here from Ailurus, This is so sad to hear.
Why am I just now learning about this?? I know about challenger and Apollo 13. But never really heard about Apollo 1. It seems like an embarrassing but critical moment in the American journey to the moon. But we suppressed this knowledge to mythologize our narrative as a progress only effort to put a man on the moon before the decade was out.
Challenger is known because it occurred when millions were watching, Apollo 13 is known because of the movie (and the fact it's 13), but Apollo 1 and Columbia disaster, which is also worth mentioning, weren't "promoted" that much.
The mundane nature of the technical conversations makes this all the more chilling.
Friday evening, having been stuck in the module for hours and the added frustration having issues with communications. One minute your just frustrated, the next you are dead. May they all rest in peace knowing that their sacrifice saved many others from having to suffer a similar fate.
And to hear White's last laugh makes this even more tragic.
May they rest in peace... 🕊️❤️
It will be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy on 27 January, 2017. I'm in the middle of producing a short video as a tribute. I will not include audio of the fire as it is already here. It's been a while since I've uploaded a video for personal reasons so I'm hoping to make it something special to remember Grissom, White and Chaffee.
They killed them........because they knew that going to the moon was - and still is - impossible.
@@ruslanpetrovski8413 Grow UP.
@@juliesczesny90 No human ever left low earth orbit...........assume that and you have grown up.
@@ruslanpetrovski8413 My father was in charge of the Command Module Block 2 - CM2. I saw the Columbia at Rockwell, before it was sent off. My father also worked with the LM. My father worked on the plaque that was left on Tranquility Bay, "HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969, A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND." I watched each and every single lunar landing with him. He received a Presidential letter, thanking him for putting First Man on the Moon. Other nations picked up the transmissions, during the landings. The nations that have sent any probes to the moon, have picked up the LMs, buggies we've left behind. There's a Laser Array experiment left by Apollo 15, 3 X larger than it's predecessors of 11 & 14. Round trip is about 2.5 seconds, sent from Earth. Apache Point Observatory used the arrays to prove different aspects of the theories of gravity. Myth Busters even has performed experiments that have proved that yes - we indeed landed men on the moon. My dad said Mars was next, ergo the Shuttle Orbiters, to construct the ISS. Dad also said the experiments there, most important were for human bones, "We need to find a way to keep our bones from turning into jelly, so our boys and girls can return from Mars! Otherwise they can't set foot back on Earth." The moon was easy. Mars will be the nightmare.
@@juliesczesny90 Thanks for sharing your story. And for putting up with the idiot troll conspiracy nutters.
That final scream is beyond haunting. I hope these brave gentlemen rest in peace.
I’m 54 years old. I took a big step today in growing up finally. I’ve known of this audio for 6 months, and could never nerve myself up to listen to it. I just did now. I think it’s a testament to the crews bravery that they kept as calm as they did. Wasn’t as bad to hear as I thought, forgive me guys. But I don’t understand the part about not being in real time, I thought it was 18 sec. between first mayday and final transmission, was some of this cut out? I’m glad I finally heard it , though. I can stop wondering about it. Again, so brave a crew. I’da been screaming my bloody head off. The difference between real men & the rest of us! Rest In Peace.
Great job on this video. Each day I think of NASA, I remember these 3 brave pilots who paved the way for the success of the Apollo mission. I'll never forget this, the incident is forever indelibly etched in my mind just as it was the day it happened. God bless these brave pioneers.
DarkLight753 thank you for posting this video. It was very very hard to listen to, but I needed to. These brave men should never ever be forgotten. Losing these three brilliant brave men was a loss to the entire world. They should always be remembered and never ever be forgotten. Rest in God's Sweet Peace Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee.
You're welcome
Thank you for sharing and all the work you put it in.
You're very welcome. And thanks.
Heartbreaking at the end there. Thanks for sharing this. I heard this story so many times but never heard the audio. Great men.
It is hard to hear someones last moments. Especially moments of panic like this. You can hear in their voice. They know they're speaking their last words.
In the summer of '67, we visited the graves of Grissom and Chaffee at Arlington. The night before, the ground crew had left a water hose/sprinkler or whatever on all night and the graves were flooded. Found the pictures we took last night of workmen trying to fix the damage (remember something about the graves had 'sunk', don't know how you would fix it) as I was going through a mountain of family pictures. Just realized it was the exact day, 52 years after the fire, that I found these pictures. Close to the same time too.
I was only 7 at the time and like most boys then, I wanted to be an astronaut and a Navy pilot as well. Roger Chaffee was my idol because he was Navy. The deaths of these three really upset a 7 year old me and seeing their graves damaged .... couldn't understand why anyone would be so careless around the graves of these men, or in Arlington in general.
That's really creepy
Had the Apollo 1 disaster not occurred, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee woukd likely have been the first two men to land on the moon and not Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
There was much speculation prior to the fire that the Apollo 1 crew would have gone right back after their flight into training for the "big one".
And people say the moon missions were fake. Fuck that shit. So disrespectful of what it took and who was lost in order to go to a place no man has gone before. May they all Rest In Peace 🙏🤙
Thank you for posting this well-done audio/video. Appreciate it very much.
Let’s have a moment of silence for these heroes who took the risk, the exploration and glory.
my grandpa worked for Nasa during this period and was listening to this live from goddard ! He said Gus was always cracking jokes and even said before one of his previous launches he had to take a dump before the count down and asked if they could delay the mission 30 mins. Rest in peace to them all.
What a harrowing final couple of minutes. The line that hits me the hardest is Roger Chaffee's penultimate communication: "We have a bad fire!" - the sound of a rookie astronaut desperately trying to stick to the task of reporting events dutifully in unimaginable circumstances. That slight quiver in his voice as he battles to relay information clearly and objectively is heart-breaking.
Edit: I also have to say that I don't hear at any point the oft-quoted line "We're burning up!" In that last burst of communication I think the higher-pitched voice is shouting something like "Open the hatch!" followed a split second later by someone bellowing "Open up!" or "Open it!". This makes more sense; despite its brevity, "We're burning up" represents a reflection on events, and I don't think they would've eaten up precious communication time on even a brief 'description' of their plight. The word 'fire' conveys the full horror; now, get the hatch open ASAP.
It does sound like "open it up"
To me it sounds like "We have a bad fire. Open it up! Open..." before the audio cuts out again.
@@stephw1702 I agree after listening to it a couple times. It does sound like they are saying something along the lines of "Open the hatch," or like you said, "Open it up."
i hear "we're burning up" personally. "oh" and "we're" are way too different syllables and i definitely hear the latter
It’s courageous pioneers like this, that will be remembered In hundreds of years time when we’re expanding out into the galaxy. Thank you.
I didn't want to hear that, but at the same time, I did. The one thing that was supposed to protect them ultimately killed them. Dale's right; gut-wrenching.
Oh my God
I just can't express my feelings right now😔😧😦😮💔
I will never forget that day. I was 16 and to this day, I've always remembered their names. Just recently learned some of the gruesome details. Thought listening to audio would help me understand. Increased my anger w the seemingly cavalier attitude of some engineers. Space travel is serious business and should always be undertaken in that manner.
This just scares me… “We’re burning up!” And the scream before cutting out made me just cry
I had never heard this audio. Thank you for posting it.
man. I often come back to this video out of morbid curiosity, but then I end up regretting it.
30:21 If that was Chaffee, who was furthest from the flames, imagine what screams Grissom was making, this truly is one horrific way to go
The scream at the end of the "We're burning up" was indeed Grissom
@@dukeford8893 He did say something, just not regarding the fire that was happening.
@@Ernest-From-England This is the entire tape. There was nothing more.
@@Ernest-From-England There is no afterlife, nor a heaven. That said, it was tragic how these men died.
January 2019....52 years later.....my Dad was a Colonel and Pilot in The USAF and knew Mr. Grissom. We were living on Hickam AFB at the time of of this Tragedy and i remember it was one of the very few times I observed my Dad in such a sad way.
I've never heard this long transmission of talk on that fateful day. It is frighting!
Thanks for sharing this.
Whose brilliant idea was it to use an atmosphere of 100% oxygen?
It was the murderer's idea.
It's fine at 4 psi, which is what they would have been running during flight. During this test (which included a leak down test) they'd pumped it up to above ambient pressure to make sure the cabin wouldn't leak during flight.
They keep that pressure till the end.
May have been the same person who over engineered the hatch dogs.
@@almostfm So it was over 15 psi and BOOM! All plastics caught fire. What a way to go!
That really affected me more than I thought it would. And I'm a Corrections Officer, I've seen a bunch of dead folks. What brave men. Gus is still my favorite Astronaut
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Just imagine being the family members and hearing this. Sad as hell
We would have never made it to the moon or even had safe space travel if it weren’t for these brave young heroes. Everything about the command module was changed after this. It was perfected in so many different ways. These men will never be forgotten!
Gus Grissom almost drowns when his capsule hatch blew open early on splashdown with Mercury Liberty Bell 7. Then he dies when the capsule hatch won't come open on Apollo 1. :-(
The fact that they were burning alive and still trying to get out is just terrifying.
This audio of the (ultimately tragic) Apollo 1 simulated launch test - is extremely sad & upsetting to hear - but - is vital for all (who wish) to hear what happened in the radio convo between the astronauts & mission control - & to both remember & preserve the memory of these brave men & the ultimate sacrifice they made which eventually lead to NASA having the ability, through their mistakes, to righting them - to eventually putting men on the Moon. An unbelievably brilliant achievement I'm sure many will agree. RIP Gus, Ed & Roger. God rest your souls. Thank you so much for uploading this fascinating audio document. It is priceless. Peace. Rx
This is not all of the audio my grandfather has the real tape his name is john lear
There's no words to describe, how horrible this event was. Obviously for those brave, 3 men inside, but for their families and mission control too. What irritates me the most, apart from the statements of some 'moonhoaxers' here, is the fact that I'm reading so much reactions here, that 'NASA killed them', or 'It was NASA's fault'.
The fact is, that there was pressure on both NASA and North American Aviation, who build the CM. NASA was in a hurry, therefore North American did some sloppy work, regarding wiring and flammable issues, inside the CM. That's what caused the spark, which ignited the fire. They've investigated the charred CM afterwards thouroughly and that was the outcome. 'NASA killed them', like I've read here somewhere, is a horrible thing to say and so very disrespectfull to Gus, Roger and Ed and the NASA. I've seen interviews with mission controllers who were there on that day on UA-cam and on to this day, each of them can't tell how they've felt, without getting choked up about it...
@@aldopeer Seriously thats why I hate conspiracy theorists about space and NASA so much because they're just plain douches
The day before wally shirra told grissom that if it doesn't feel right get the hell out of there. He should have listened. Especially when they got to the how are we going to get to the moon if we can't talk between two buildings. That was when he should have scrubbed the test and told them to open the hatch.
Exactly. Unfortunately, Grissom was also an engineer, and engineers have as their motto "If it doesn't violate the laws of physics, it's fixable"
If they had scrubbed, NASA would have brought in the back-up crew, and they would probably lost their place in the flight rotation. NASA had "Go Fever" The tragedy was inevitable.
Gregster. the back up crew had done the test the previous day. that was why wally said if it doesn't feel right get the hell out of there. they were lucky the fire didn't happen during their test
RIP Gus, Ed, and Roger
Chaffee's screams at the end were blood curdling. 😭😭😭 RIP to the crew of Apollo 1.
That picture of Grissom, White, and Chaffee praying over a model of the Command Module though....
A part of my brain, perhaps the desensitized part, tries not to think about it, brush it away as the past, or something fictional. But... The other part of my brain acknowledges those are the screams of men who died in pain, panic and flames.
... I don't even know what else to say on the matter, as anything I could say would be inadequate in attempting to understand what that moment was like for those men, how they felt both physically and emotionally, and only my imagination can fill in the blanks.
But... What my imagination comes up with is quite terrifying... And it's a good thing I can still feel the sorrow and compassion I do for these fallen heroes.
Rest In Peace gentlemen. May your sacrifice not ever be forgotten.
You have no idea of how strongly I feel for these three brave men. A fear I have of such a helpless tragic feeling of not being able to help quick enough. We STILL went to the moon to honor THEM and all those who gave their ALL for the benefit of ALL mankind! I will always remember them. They were lost but NOT forgotten 3 months before I was born.
That scream when he said we're burning up actually gave me chills
I was born at 6:32pm January 27th, 1967. These men perished as I was taking my first breath. I've always felt an other worldly connection to these men. I have reoccurring dreams about being trapped inside a burning vehicle and wake up to the sound of my own screams. They were constant and vivid when I was a child but as I grew older they faded away only to reoccur on rare occasions. I had one last night and the memory of it led me here.
Wow thats deep.
Sorry ma'am, with all due respect, you don't look a day over 40.
Woa..
I have been to Ed Whites grave at West point. Such a tragic for them, their families, all of the world when brave souls try to go and conquer the impossible. I remember Apollo 1, I always will....God speed, God bless !!!...never forget!!
I served at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery, doing lots of military funerals. I spent many an hour roaming the cemetery and looking at all of the graves- a literal who's who of America surrounds you. I know Gus Grissom is buried there now, though I didn't know back then. I wish I had run across it. I always felt sorry for the Apollo 1 crew since they never got to do the mission they ended up dying for (awkward phrasing, but you know what I mean). At least their deaths served the purpose of greatly enhancing the safety of all future crews and possibly saving many lives that would have been lost in space due to unknown circumstances.This accident gave rise to a new level of professionalism in NASA with a consideration for possible dangers from many more angles. I think it forced them to become a lot more serious about their projects. That is no guarantee of 100% success, but I think it became a lot safer than it had been previously. I hope that these men are never forgotten. It isn't easy being the groundbreakers for anything- you tend to be the one to encounter any related dangers first, hopefully surviving and building on the knowledge gained. But again there is no guarantee of survival, which is why we should always consider the bravery of men like this. You have to be brave to be involved in missions where " a lack of imagination" can kill you.
@TedBronson1918
"I hope that these men are never forgotten."
Good words!
Not just American heroes, but heroes who everyone around the world can look up to and mourn. RIP gentlemen 🇺🇸
I couldn't even imagine the poor souls who viewed this tragedy on their monitors... It must've been a jarring sight. May these individuals rest in peace.
This is the most disturbing message transmission i've ever heard on youtube. the second most disturbing one being the morse message transmission between Titanic and other ships on the atlantic during the sinking.
Apollo 1- Jan 27th. Challenger Jan 28th. Columbia Feb 1. Nasa shouldn't fly that week.
Yeah, kind of. Where was I at the tiime of these events?:
Apollo 1 - Jan 27 1967 - 7 mos. infant at home with my Mom.
Challenger - Jan 28 1986 - In Hosp. for operation.
Columbia - Feb 1 2003 - At home in my bach. apt. on a Saturday morning.
Also re: date of Apollo 1 event. My younger sister would be born 2 years later, on Jan. 28 1969. Next month, Feb '67 the song "There's a Kind of Hush (All over the world, tonight)" was in the top40.
I agree maybe its in the stars(Astrology)that it not wise for NASA to fly the last week of January or the first week of February.
@@darrellmayberry7784 maybe the stars don't mean shit, and you are delusional for believing they do.
I mean, the stars could have something to do with it. Like how the angle at which our star hits our planet at that time happens to make it relatively colder.
@@jaworskij January 1, 1967 - I was sick and had stayed home from grade school. I saw the news report on tv and knew something bad happened, but really didn't quite understand what I was seeing. I ran and woke my mother up and all I could say was "Something happened!". She told me to go away so she could go back to sleep.
January 28, 1986 - oddly enough, I had called off work that day, again ill, but this time in the throes of morning sickness. Extra fueled by hormones, I cried for the crew and their families most of the day.
February 1, 2003 - I received a news blast on my text pager and just stood staring at it in disbelief, and then sorrow.
RIP, brave flyers
God, that is as hard to listen to 50 years later is it would have been if it had happened this morning. Brave men. RIP
Here is some irony for you: Grissom had been accused of pulling a handle to eject the access door on a previous flight, which sank the capsule in the middle of the ocean. He insisted that he didn't panic and pull the handle, but there were some who still believed he did. So, when Apollo 1 was being designed, he insisted that the capsule not have an emergency escape handle. As a result, when the fire started, the technicians needed a couple of minutes to unscrew the door bolts to get the crew out of the capsule. If they had access to an escape handle, perhaps they could have been out in just a few seconds.
I never knew this. Oh My God. How I wish there was an emergency escape handle. Maybe they could have been saved.
@Nj Rh Yes , it wasn't Gus's fault, I believe it was a Mercury ocean landing, he nearly drowned. The door to the capsule blew open, not by Gus's command, which ended in him being highly criticised, but eventually led NASA to invent a new door, that couldn't blow open accidentally when in space, only this time 1967, the door had I believe 3 sets of opening. From the inside, The Apollo crew couldn't get it open in time. Tragically I've only heard Roger Chaffee shout we're burning up , arggghhhh. The autopsy's show they passed out within 15-20seconds After hearing Roger, scream, I believe he and the other's could feel the burning pain. until they became unconscious. It's so painful to hear, I needed to understand what happened. Primary sources first hand account's) are what history needs. this is a primary source, It is sad morbid, confronting, and gives historians an first hand recording of this event.Challenger as far as the public knows, had no downlink, or voice recording following the breakup of the shuttle itself, as it's widely known, and accepted that the crew were alive for 3 minutes before hitting the ocean.,possibly conscious the entire 3 minutes. . Perhaps one day the sealed documents will tell us what we never knew
@@katsugarkanemonroe762 On 51L there was a slight "Uh oh" from Mike right before communication was cut.
@@Nighthawk268 hi, oh yes, Mike smith said "Uh, oh", The shuttle hadn't completely broken up yet, When Mike Smith said "Uh Oh" but only Mission control & ground controllers could hear him, the public at the Cape watching didn't hear that. Nasa said it was obvious Mike Smith knew, as pilot, by looking at his instrumentation, that it was deadly serious. He would have, as they all would have felt something was wrong ,up to a second or 2 before breakup, and not long before, the STS vehicle was hit pushed momentarily off course by a heavy wind, it knocked the shuttle, and the data to the ground recordered that the shuttle had course corrected itself. This wind, opened backup the o-ring, & that definitely contributed to the booster failing, as it was bouncing off the external tank, until it broke up, then the shuttle broke up a second later.
The recommended, temperature that is, that Launch should not proceed 11.7 degrees Celsius or under. They launched at minus -7.8 degrees celsius. Sorry I'm an Aussie, we use degrees Celsius. historically useful, as we would find out what was happening. I heard Dick Scobee's wife, say Dick would have flown that shuttle until they hit the water. The crew, may not have known that the rest of the shuttle had broken away from the crew cabin. That was her meaning. And it was
I have a really fantastic book, You might already have it's 'Foreword by BUZZ ALDRIN' It's called 'SPACEFLIGHT, The complete story from SPUTNIK to SHUTTLE and BEYOND'.By Giles Sparrow. It was printed & published on 2007, in London Great Britain. It's the best space history book I've read, and the photos are amazing.
As the Challenger crew had children that were below 10years -to-late teens & young adults, It's doubtful if their is such a recording, it would be acknowledged, and released for another 20 or more years. There is a transcript of the crew before and after liftoff. It's interesting, you may have already read it.
For something positive, I watched the latest documentary called 'APOLLO 11'. It's footage is completely restored, you'd think it was filmed today. Hearing all the NASA loops, and hearing Mike Neil and Buzz, chatting away, it was an internal recording, just 3 big kids, having fun, and doing their jobs of course. It's great when they are on the dark side of the moon, and their chatter. The footage is incredible. It was made last year. And I've written a novel to you, apologies, I thought you might be interested, cheers from AUS. stay safe. wherever you are on this Earth. Kat
@@katsugarkanemonroe762 This is very informative and I appreciate it so much. Thank you! I will definitely check out Aldrin's book. Apollo 11 was definitely on my bucket list to watch. I just finished They Shall Not Grow Old yesterday and was very moved by the experience. Can't wait to see it. Thanks again and cheers!
Heart breaking cries! History will never forget them!
The more I listen to Chaffee's final words, the more I'm convinced that they are actually "Open her up".
solsburyhill555 i think it makes much more sense to say "open her up" as opposed to "we're burning up". I agree with you
He might even be yelling it twice in a row. Not very coherently the second time.
harooni22 Crafts are referred to “she” and “her”, but I do think he was saying “We’re burning up”, it’s just mottled because obviously the man was dying and it’s also over a shoddy audio connection
I agree I also think he says Oh, Shit right before cut off
it sounds like ahhhh or hellllp to me no matter what it sucks burnt alive in a tiny tin can.
Thanks for the service.
Stuff like this makes my stomach upset. Breaks your heart.
I remember the event like it was yesterday, even though I was a boy of 7. My dad was in the aerospace industry, and he came home and said that Ed, Gus, and Roger had been killed in a fire. He spoke as if he knew them as friends, and in a way, they were. This was the Space Race, and every high tech company in the US was involved. My great aunt had what would turn out to be a fatal heart attack the next day. I remember her asking me, early the next morning, if I had seen that "awful mess". My grand mother and I had gone over to se her because she felt "bad". She died either the next day or the day after that. This is the first time I have ever heard the audio. I find myself thinking, "abort...get out now..." But that was not to be. Thank you for your service and sacrifice, gentlemen. We made it to the moon!
i pay respects to you my friend
and then the conspiracists comin and rain on our parade
@@ct-yl8742 Next time those fuckers comes, tell them to put their foil-hats on and travel to their flat earth!
That kind of people makes me sick, it´s people like them that is a shame for the humanity and what mankind has reached and what it stands for!
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Wow....just, wow. I remember hearing about this when I was a kid and the meaning of it never really hit me until years later when I grew up. But hearing this audio for the first time....damn. I cannot imagine what it was like to be trapped inside that small capsule and being burned alive.
God bless these men and their families.
Thank you for your video and your subtitles.
Sorry for the late reply, and your welcome.