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Heron&Fox Photo<p>This is Launch Complex 34 at Cape <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Canaveral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canaveral</span></a> Air Force Station.<br />During a test of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Apollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Apollo</span></a> command and service modules and a Saturn I rocket in preparation for the Apollo 1 mission, a small spark from an unknown origin, combined with pure oxygen environment, allowed a fire to break out and essentially used all the oxygen in the combustion reaction, killing mission commander Gus Grissom, senior pilot Ed White, and pilot Roger Chaffee nearly instantly.<br />LC-34 was abandoned-in-place after the last Saturn launch was decommissioned.<br />It remains as a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/memorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>memorial</span></a>.</p><p>Get a print or other merchandise at <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/lc-34-launch-table-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/l</span><span class="invisible">c-34-launch-table-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Apollo1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Apollo1</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LC34" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LC34</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SaturnI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaturnI</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveral</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CCAFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CCAFS</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a>.</p>
Heron&Fox Photo<p>The two metal structures are the flame <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/deflectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>deflectors</span></a>, which are meant to sit under the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launch</span></a> table during launch to divert <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/exhaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>exhaust</span></a> away from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vehicle</span></a> to avoid thermal, acoustic, or debris issues, as well as to minimize damage to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pad</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>infrastructure</span></a>.<br />Theses <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FlameDeflectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlameDeflectors</span></a> were used at LC-34 for the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Saturn</span></a> I and the larger, wider one was used for the upgraded Saturn IB. Flame delflectors are meant to divert the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/exhaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>exhaust</span></a> of a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rocket</span></a> as it <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/launches" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>launches</span></a> to protect the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vehicle</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pad</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>infrastructure</span></a>.<br />After the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Apollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Apollo</span></a> Program was finished, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LC34" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LC34</span></a>’s tower was dismantlted to prevent its uncontrolled collapse due to rust from the salt spray. The rest was <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/abandoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abandoned</span></a> in place and a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/memorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>memorial</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/plaque" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plaque</span></a> and kiosk were to memorialize the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee during the Apollo 1 fire.<br /><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CapeCanaveralAirForceStatsion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapeCanaveralAirForceStatsion</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CCAFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CCAFS</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Apollo1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Apollo1</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AbandonInPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AbandonInPlace</span></a><br />Buy a print: <a href="https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/lc-34-flame-deflectors-heron-and-fox.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heronfox.pixels.com/featured/l</span><span class="invisible">c-34-flame-deflectors-heron-and-fox.html</span></a></p>
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