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Apollo 1, Prime Crew, March-April 1966, Three Photographs and Other Material. One black-and-white 8 x 10 in. showing Edward White II, Virgil (Gus) Grissom, and Roger Chaffee in flight suits; one showing the three astronauts in jackets and ties outside the Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston, and the third black-and-white photo 5 x 7 in., showing the charred interior of the cabin. (3) White, Chaffee, and Grissom died tragically in an accidental fire during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967; [together with] the Report of the Apollo 204 Review Board on the accident, in limp paper wrappers.
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Estimate $125-175
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Edward White II, Virgil (Gus) Grissom, Roger Chaffee, HoustonJohn Dorfman
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