BBC Space Race episode 4 (5) Apollo 1 Soyuz 1

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November 1967, would be known as Apollo 4. The eventual launch of AS-204 became known as the Apollo 5 mission (no missions or flights were ever designated Apollo 2 and 3). 23 April 1967. 24 April 1967 Crash of Soyuz 1. Cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov is killed at age 40. Space disaster that put back Soviet lunar program 18 months. Soyuz 1 as active spacecraft was launched first. Soyuz 2, with a 3 man crew would launch the following day, with 2 cosmonauts spacewalking to Soyuz 1. ...