For which Apollo mission was Gus Grissom the commander?
Apollo 1
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 7
Answer
Grissom served as the commander of the Apollo 1 mission, which was intended to be the first manned mission to the moon. The mission was aborted on January 27, 1967, when a fire broke out on the launch pad, killing Grissom and the other two astronauts on board, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
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