This Apollo mission almost ended in MUTINY

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0:00Did you know that one of the Apollo

0:01missions almost ended in mutiny? Apollo

0:037 was NASA's first crewed mission after

0:05three astronauts died in a fire during

0:07Apollo 1. Tensions were high. It started

0:10with NASA overrule its own safety rules

0:12and launched in poor weather. This

0:13ticked off Commander Wally Schirra, who

0:15had just come down with a head cold. A

0:17cold in space is way worse than on Earth

0:19because the fluids don't drain in

0:20microgravity. Not to mention the crew

0:22was sleep-deprived, trapped in close

0:24quarters, and overworked. So, first the

0:26crew refused to test the onboard TV

0:28cameras when ordered to by mission

0:30control. And later during re-entry, the

0:32crew refused to wear their helmets as

0:34ordered. This was unprecedented, a mini

0:36mutiny in space. I mostly think the crew

0:38just wanted to show NASA they were human

0:40beings, not just astronauts following

0:41orders. Or maybe it was part of an evil

0:43plan by Schirra to retire and become a

0:45spokesman for cold medicine. Either way,

0:47none of them ever went to space again.

0:49For more stories about the perils of

0:51Earth and space exploration, check out

0:53Space: The Longest Goodbye, link in the

0:55description.

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