SA-201 Full Mission - Saturn IB - Apollo 1-A, AS-201, Historical Footage and Audio, Remastered

[@foxmccloud7055]

Earlier that day, Astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett II were killed when their T-38 jet slammed into the roof of McDonnell Aircraft near Lambert Field. The accident elevated Astronauts Tom Stafford and Eugene Cernan to the prime crew for the Gemini IX mission.

[@LloydieP]

I didn't know that particular detail. It seems significant somehow. Thanks for posting that.

[@allangibson8494]

And put Buzz Aldrin into the Gemini 12 flight roster and into the Apollo 11 LM.

[@davidknisely3003]

The Block-1 Apollo Command Module CM-009 for this flight has been restored and is now on display at the Strategic Air & Aerospace Museum near Ashland, Nebraska.

[@comehitherprods]

Absolutely fascinating! I never cease to be amazed by the ingenuity and engineering.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I love watching these old 1960s NASA project Apollo films.

[@nav662007]

Excellent work! Thank you for this concise overview of AS-201.

[@canbest7668]

Love these videos. It was such an exciting time for our goals for space.

[@Sum-Ting-Wongg]

This is fantastic footage!

[@respectbossmon]

As always, very nice work. :)

[@edwardpate6128]

Back when Chrysler Corp built everything from cars, to air conditioners, boats, outboards and missiles and launch vehicles. So sad what has become of them!

[@pk4459]

A failing division of FIAT!

[@jamielacourse7578]

And some kick ass air raid sirens as well.

[@alpcns]

What a fantastic, fascinating time that was. Spectacular progress in technology as well. Mankind still benefits from these programs each and every day.

[@walterbatista7594]

Amazing video 😱 Hail Apollo Program ❤

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I wonder when Retro Space will upload a video for AS-202?

[@picknikbasket]

Looked like a lot of pitting in the heat shield.

[@peterschorn1]

They were still using ACE in the late 70's/early 80's as part of a Space Shuttle GNC simulator at JSC. God, I hated those thumbwheels!

[@silverdrillpickle7596]

The engine knows where the rocket is because the engine knows where the rocket isn’t…

[@toddhazelip]

Hasn't been much progress since then. 60 years later Boeing has bought up the competition and can't even do simple launch and return.

[@suasponte8363]

While the government tries to put the screws to SpaceX.

[@goshlikkrudbahr5109]

I often wondered what was like to live with these annoucers: HUNee, I-have-reeturnnned for DINNer . Arreee wee HAVing fiishhh or POT roaST?

[@goshlikkrudbahr5109]

What's with the three announcers? How brave the Ap7 and Skylab and ASTP were to ride on a rocket built by Chrysler!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Different source films.

[@allangibson8494]

Safer than the Space Shuttle…

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@allangibson8494 Shuttle Orbiter was perfectly safe. Richard Nixon's booster system was problematic.

[@allangibson8494]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver The Orbiter was rather too fragile (and over sized to fit the KH-11/12 imaging satellites (which it only launched two of the twenty lofted)). (The KH-11 was the brother to the Hubble but pointed the other way).

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@allangibson8494 The Orbiter behaved perfectly well. Nixon's refusal of a proper booster system was the failure. I am sorry you supported him.

[@kathieharine5982]

There were a lot of companies then.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Properly speaking AS-201 should've been referred to as Apollo 1 after its' successful launch and AS-202 and AS-203 should've been Apollo 2 and Apollo 3 respectively.

[@i-love-space390]

The families of the Apollo Crew that died in the 1967 fire lobbied successfully to have that non-flight designated Apollo 1. Or else it would have remained under the AS-204 NASA designation.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@i-love-space390 I'm aware of this fact and while I understand the sentiment Apollo 1 should've been AS-201 and NASA should've promptly referred to AS-201 as Apollo 1 after it successfully lifted off.

[@earth2006]

We can't recreate this technology today.

[@davidknisely3003]

No, we have surpassed it.

[@ptonpc]

Why would we want to?

[@earth2006]

@ptonpc it got us to the moon in less than a decade. How long will it be before we can return.?

[@thehaughtcorner]

There is no such thing as Apollo 1-A, and it's disrespectful to the crew of Apollo 1.

[@BradH2024]

Not entirely true. After AS-204 was officially designated Apollo 1 following the fire*, NASA officials discussed a naming convention for the previous test flights to “fill in the blanks” between Apollo 1 and Apollo 4. Before they decided to just keep the previous flight designations as they were (AS-201, 202 and 203), they considered renaming AS-201 as Apollo 1A, AS-202 as Apollo 2 and AS-203 as Apollo 3. *As of the day of the fire, NASA was still considering telling Grissom, White and Chaffee that their flight would be called either AS-204 or Apollo 3, not Apollo 1. There was even a NASA memorandum dated January 26, 1967 (the day before the fire) stating that no more Apollo 1 mission patches were to be produced until a final decision was made.

[@wadewilson524]

Either way, Grissom wouldn’t have cared.