Support WBUR50 Years Later, NASA Creates Tribute To 3 Astronauts Who Died In Space RacePlay03:21Download AudioBrendan ByrneJanuary 26, 2017 ShareApollo 1 astronauts Ed White (from left), Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, 1967. The astronauts died as a result of a fire in the cockpit during a training session on Jan. 27, 1967. (Getty Images)