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NASA deliberately short-fueled the Apollo 10 lunar module to prevent Stafford and Cernan from attempting an unauthorized Moon landing. They came within 8.4 nautical miles of the surface — and set the all-time speed record for a manned vehicle at 24,791 mph on the way home.
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On January 27, 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 — Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee — were lost in a command module cabin fire during a pre-launch plugs-out test at Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral. The pure oxygen atmosphere at 16.7 psi turned the cabin into an inferno. The tragedy led to sweeping redesigns of the Apollo spacecraft and forever changed NASA’s approach to crew safety.
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