The charred and disassembled Apollo 1 spacecraft, weeks after ... for the fire to exhaust itself. By then Grissom, White, and Chaffee were doomed; they lost consciousness when their suits ...

Mercury/Gemini: The first space suits were modified U.S. Navy jet-aircraft pressure suits. Neoprene-coated nylon lined the inside; aluminized nylon covered the exterior. Apollo: Custom-tailored ...

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents ... Since they had no pressure suits, they lost consciousness in seconds and asphyxiated.

Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold- out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of “Apollo 1” on Saturday, March 22.