Apollo 1 - Popular Culture

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  • An episode of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon tells the story of the Apollo 1 tragedy and its aftermath. It stars Mark Rolston as Gus Grissom, Chris Isaak as Ed White and Ben Marley as Roger Chaffee.
  • The accident is briefly depicted in the opening scene of the film Apollo 13.
  • The memorial plaque is briefly depicted in a scene from the movie Armageddon.
  • The movie Star Trek III: The Search For Spock features a science vessel named the USS Grissom.
  • The TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine features a shuttlecraft named the Chaffee.
  • Bioware's "Mass Effect" features the historical figure "Admiral Jon Grissom" as a pioneer of human interstellar space flight.
  • The novel First Flight by Chris Claremont has a section of a fictitious moonbase named Grissom Starport.

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