Apollo 1 was the first manned mission of the U.S. Apollo manned lunar landing program. Unfortunately, the planned low Earth orbital test of the Apollo Command/Service Module, never made its target launch date of February 21, 1967, because a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test on January 27 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 killed all three crew members. Continue reading for more rare historical photos you might not have seen before.

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