Launch Complex 34

Launch Complex 34, another stop on the Mars Curiosity NASA Tweetup tour, was a somber reminder of the risks of space travel.  On Friday, January 27th, 1967 at 1832, a cabin fire during a launch pad test of Apollo 1 killed all three crew members: Command Pilot Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.

Apollo 7 was launched from here on October 11, 1968.  LC-34 was decommissioned and the umbilical tower and service structure razed leaving only the launch platform.