Apollo 1 Patch

Grissom, White, and Chaffee in front of the launch pad containing their AS-204 space vehicle Names AS-204, Apollo 1 Mission type Crewed spacecraft verification test Operator NASA Mission duration Up to 14 days (planned) Spacecraft properties Spacecraft CSM-012 Spacecraft type Apollo command and service module, Block I Manufacturer North American Aviation Launch mass 20,000 kilograms (45,000 lb.) Crew Crew size 3 Members Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Edward H. White II Roger B. Chaffee Start of mission Launch date February 21, 1967 (planned) Rocket Saturn IB AS-204 Launch site Cape Kennedy LC-34 End of mission Destroyed January 27, 1967 23:31:19 UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee altitude 220 kilometers (120 nmi) (planned) Apogee altitude 300 kilometers (160 nmi) (planned) Inclination 31 degrees (planned) Period 89.7 minutes (planned)