Story Behind the Song
On January 27th, 1967 a tragic accident ocurred while the United Stated were preparing their apollo space program. Three astronauts lost their lives in this accident. We saw this story while surfing on the NASA sites and decided to make a song about it. We recorded the vocals and made them sound like 1967. The song had to be melancholic to make people think about this tragedy.
Lyrics
On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program
when a flash fire occurred in the command module 012
during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle
being prepared for the first piloted flight, the AS-204 mission.
Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil Grissom
a veteran of Mercury and Gemini missions
Lt. Col. Edward White, the astronaut who had performed the first
United States extravehicular activity during the Gemini program;
and Roger Chaffee, an astronaut preparing for his first space flight
died in this tragic accident.
A seven-member board, under the direction of the NASA Langley
Research Center Director, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson
conducted a comprehensive investigation to pinpoint the cause of the fire.
The final report, completed in April 1967 was subsequently submitted
to the NASA Administrator.
The report presented the results of the investigation
and made specific recommendations that led to major design
and engineering modifications, and revisions to test planning,
test discipline, manufacturing processes and procedures, and quality control.
With these changes, the overall safety of the command and service module
and the lunar module was increased substantially.
The AS-204 mission was redesignated Apollo I in honor of the crew.
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