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El - Misión Apolo 1 y los restos de sus trajes espaciales tras el accidente.  La fotografía en color muestra a los tres astronautas del programa Apolo 1:  1. Virgil "Gus" Grissom 2. Edward H. White I 3. Roger B. Chaffee  Estos astronautas estaban entrenando para una misión orbital del Apolo, que iba a ser el primer vuelo tripulado del programa.  Las imágenes en blanco y negro son los restos de los trajes espaciales de los astronautas tras el trágico incendio en la cabina del Apolo 1, ocurrido el 27 de enero de 1967 durante una prueba de lanzamiento en la plataforma. Una chispa eléctrica provocó un incendio en una atmósfera de oxígeno puro a alta presión, y los tres astronautas murieron por inhalación de humo y quemaduras, sin posibilidad de escape.  Este accidente llevó a una profunda revisión de los procedimientos y el diseño de las cápsulas, mejorando la seguridad para las misiones posteriores del programa Apolo.
El - Misión Apolo 1 y los restos de sus trajes espaciales tras el accidente. La fotografía en color muestra a los tres astronautas del programa Apolo 1: 1. Virgil "Gus" Grissom 2. Edward H. White I 3. Roger B. Chaffee Estos astronautas estaban entrenando para una misión orbital del Apolo, que iba a ser el primer vuelo tripulado del programa. Las imágenes en blanco y negro son los restos de los trajes espaciales de los astronautas tras el trágico incendio en la cabina del Apolo 1, ocurrido el 27 de enero de 1967 durante una prueba de lanzamiento en la plataforma. Una chispa eléctrica provocó un incendio en una atmósfera de oxígeno puro a alta presión, y los tres astronautas murieron por inhalación de humo y quemaduras, sin posibilidad de escape. Este accidente llevó a una profunda revisión de los procedimientos y el diseño de las cápsulas, mejorando la seguridad para las misiones posteriores del programa Apolo.

Apollo Missions That Failed

How the Apollo 1 astronauts tragically died in a flash fire on the launchpad (1967) - Click Americana

Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, The Severely Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (Sm) As Photographed From The Lunar Module/Command Module, An Entire Panel On The Sm Was Blown Away By The Explosion Of An Oxygen Tank. (Photo By Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

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an aerial view of the space shuttle in orbit, looking down on it's engine

What Was The Failed Apollo 13 Mission

On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire swept through the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test. #space #nasa

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Apollo 11 Pictures and Photos - Getty Images

How Many Apollo Missions Failed

Apollo 1 capsule after the fire killed the three crew members

The Day the Saturn V Almost Failed: 50 Years Since Apollo 6 « AmericaSpace

How the Apollo 1 astronauts tragically died in a flash fire on the launchpad (1967) - Click Americana
How the Apollo 1 astronauts tragically died in a flash fire on the launchpad (1967) - Click Americana
Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, The Severely Damaged Apollo 13...
Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, The Severely Damaged Apollo 13...
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the cover of sounds of the apoloi incident transerpt, with an image of
an astronaut's view of earth from the moon
an astronaut's view of earth from the moon
10,139 Apollo 11 Stock Photos and High-Res Images - Getty Images
10,139 Apollo 11 Stock Photos and High-Res Images - Getty Images
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an old space shuttle is being worked on
The Day the Saturn V Almost Failed: 50 Years Since Apollo 6 - AmericaSpace
The Day the Saturn V Almost Failed: 50 Years Since Apollo 6 - AmericaSpace
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a woman is laying in bed with her arm up
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an astronaut standing on the edge of a space station next to a large open book

Margaret Hamilton wrote the software that ran the Apollo missions. Not paperwork. Not notes. The actual code keeping astronauts alive. When computer errors hit mid-flight, her software automatically dropped non-essential tasks and prevented a crash. No hero speeches. No last-second miracles. Just preparation doing its job. Men walked on the Moon and became legends. Photos were taken. Awards were handed out. Margaret got a footnote — even though her work decided whether the mission failed o...