The Apollo 1 Fire: A Pure Oxygen Disaster | Accidents in Space | BBC Earth Science

International space programmes have fought for decades to safeguard the fragile lives of their pioneering cosmonauts but unfortunately, there are a few realities where things go horribly wrong. That is the fate that met astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee on January 27, 1967, during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1. Best of Earth Science: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos Taken from: Accidents in Space Clip 2 (2002) This is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: http://bbcworldwide.com/vod-feedback--contact-details.aspx