APOLLO 204 REVIEW
BOARD
APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD
01/28/1967 - 10/07/1967
- The Apollo 204 Review Board was
established by the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, under the authority of NASA Management Instruction
8621.1, dated April 14, 1966. Dr. Robert C. Seamens, Jr., Deputy
Administrator, NASA, in Memoranda dated January 28, 1967, and
February 3, 1967, appointed Board Members, defined Board
responsibilities and amplified oral instructions to the Board
Chairman, Dr. Floyd L. Thompson. Twenty one task panels were
formed to provide administrative and technical assistance to the
Board. The Board's Final Report was issued April 5, 1967, and the
Board was officially dissolved October 7, 1967.
- FINAL REPORT OF THE
APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD. 1967. (MLR Entry 42, A1).
- FINDINGS,
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND OTHER RECORDS FOR THE FINAL REPORT OF THE
APOLLO 204 ACCIDENT. 1967. (MLR Entry 43, A1).
- OFFICE FILES OF THE
APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD. 1967. (MLR Entry 44, A1).
- CENTRAL METRIC
DATA FILES. 1967. (MLR Entry 45, A1).
- OFFICE FILES
OF THE CHAIRMAN. 1967. (MLR Entry 46, A1).
- OFFICE FILES OF THE
COUNSEL TO THE BOARD. 1967. (MLR Entry 47, A1).
- CORRESPONDENCE
OF APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD MEMBER COL. FRANK BORMAN. 1967. (MLR
Entry 48, A1).
- PHOTOGRAPHS,
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND OTHER RECORDS USED AS BACKGROUND MATERIAL.
1967. (MLR Entry 49, A1).
- REPORTS
OF THE APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD RECEIVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL
RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS. 1967. (MLR Entry 50, A1).
- RECORDS
OF THE MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER ACTION CENTER. 1967. ( MLR Entry
51, A1).
- MEMORANDUMS
OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON,
TEXAS. 1967. (MLR Entry 52, A1).
- DATAFAXES OF THE
KENNEDY SPACECRAFT CENTER AND NASA HEADQUARTERS. 1967. (MLR Entry
53, A1).
- SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS
CHECKOUT PROCEDURES. 1967. (MLR Entry 54, A1).
- TEST
PREPARATION SHEETS. 1967. (MLR Entry 55, A1).
- TECHNICAL
REPORTS OF THE REVIEW BOARD. 1967. (MLR Entry 56,
A1).
- PRELIMINARY
INTERNAL WORKING DRAFTS. 1967. (MLR Entry 57, A1).
- TEST AND
INSPECTION RECORDS. 1966-68. (MLR Entry 58, A1).
- MISCELLANEOUS
ARTIFACTS OF THE APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD. 1967. (MLR Entry 59,
A1).
- IMPOUNDED
RECORDS. (MLR Entry 60, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 1 - SPACECRAFT AND GROUND SUPPORT CONFIGURATION.
1967. (MLR Entry 61, A1).
- RECORDS OF TASK PANEL
2 - TEST ENVIRONMENTS. 1967. (MLR Entry 62, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 3 - SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. 1967. (MLR Entry 63,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 4 - DISASSEMBLY ACTIVITIES. 1967. (MLR Entry 64,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 5 - ORIGIN AND PROPAGATION OF FIRE. 1967. (MLR Entry
65, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 6 - HISTORICAL DATA. 1967. (MLR Entry 66,
A1).
- RECORDS OF TASK PANEL
7 - TEST PROCEDURES REVIEW. 1967. (MLR Entry 67, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 8 - MATERIALS REVIEW. 1967. (MLR Entry 68,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 9 - DESIGN REVIEWS. 1967. (MLR Entry 69,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 10 - ANALYSIS OF FRACTURE AREAS. 1967.(MLR Entry 70,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 11 - MEDICAL ANALYSIS. 1967. (MLR Entry 71,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 12 - WITNESS STATEMENTS. 1967. (MLR Entry 72,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 13 - GROUND EMERGENCY PROVISIONS. 1967. (MLR Entry
73, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 14 - SECURITY OF OPERATIONS. 1967. (MLR Entry 74,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 15 - BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. 1967. (MLR
Entry 75, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 16 - SPECIAL TESTS. 1967. (MLR Entry 76,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 17 - FINAL BOARD REPORT. 1967. (MLR Entry 77,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 18 - INTEGRATION ANALYSIS. 1967. (MLR Entry 78,
A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 19 - SAFETY OF INVESTIGATION OPERATIONS. 1967. (MLR
Entry 79, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 20 - IN-FLIGHT FIRE EMERGENCY PROVISIONS REVIEW.
1967. (MLR Entry 80, A1).
- RECORDS
OF TASK PANEL 21 - SERVICE MODULE DISPOSITION. 1967. (MLR Entry
81, A1).
FINAL REPORT OF THE APOLLO 204 REVIEW
BOARD.
01/28/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-3
MLR Entry 42, A1
Location: 130/25/33/6
- One Item; consists of a one volume report
and sixteen volumes of appendixes.
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- The Report includes a narrative of Board
history, biographies of Board members, a history of the accident,
and findings, determinations, and recommendations. Included among
the appendixes are the Board minutes, witness statements, an
Apollo Operations handbook, and the Final Reports of Task Panels
1-21.
FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND OTHER RECORDS FOR THE
FINAL REPORT ON THE APOLLO 204 ACCIDENT.1967.
Boxes 1-33
MLR Entry 43, A1
Location: 130/25/33/6
- Arranged by type of record (largely
grouped by successive adminstrative or functional phases of the
investigation), or by subject and thereunder
chronologically.
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- Created or accumulated by components of
the Apollo 204 Review Board to investigate the disastrous Apollo
204 spacecraft module accident of January 27, 1967 (which claimed
the lives of three NASA astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom,
Lt. Col. Edward H. White, and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee), these
records document the formation and organization, powers and
responsibilities, and functions and activities of the Review
Board. A principal element of the Board's formal review of the
circumstances surrounding the accident was the creation of
twenty-one task panels manned by experts in the respective fields.
The reports of these panels provided the main sources of
information from which the Board formulated its findings and
recommendations. These were subsequently embodied in its final
report to the Administrator. The records primarily comprise
extensive technical documentation including reports, studies,
analyses, evaluations, summaries, synopses, diagrams, charts, and
graphs provided by the task panels for the Review Board; printed
copies (4 vols.) of testimony of NASA officials before House and
Senate oversight committee hearings; and general subject
correspondence documenting NASA's rapid response to the Apollo 204
tragedy. For a related series of records, se APOLLO 204 REVIEW
BOARD FILES.
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OFFICE FILES OF THE APOLLO 204 REVIEW
BOARD.
01/28/1967-10/07/1967
Boxes 1-15
MLR Entry 44, A1
Location: 130/25/34/4
- Arranged by numerical subject
classification scheme.
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- This series contains the administrative
office files of the Apollo 204 Review Board.
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- The numbering system was organized as
follows:
AP0 General
AP1 Review Board Correspondence
AP1.1 Access Lists
AP1.2
AP1.3 Authorization and Appointments
AP1.4 Biographical Data
AP1.5 Board Activity Schedule
AP1.6 Board Action Summary
AP1.7 Board Composition
AP1.7.1 Correspondence
AP1.7.1.1 Minutes of Executive Sessions
AP1.7.1.2 Summary of Major Events of General Board Meetings
AP1.7.1.3 Number of Personnel Involved in Investigation
AP1.8 Board Final Report
AP1.9 Board Organization and Investigation
AP1.10 Control of Data and Documents
AP1.11 Correspondence
AP1.11.1 E.B. Geer
AP1.11.2 G.T. Malley
AP1.11.3 E. Swieda
AP1.11.4 Dr. Robert Van Dolah
AP1.11.5 Dr. F.L. Thompson (Outgoing and Incoming)
AP1.12 Custodial Responsibilities
AP1.13 Designation and Removal of Hardware
AP1.14 ECS Investigating Committee
AP1.15 Findings
AP1.16 Handbooks and Publications
AP1.17 Material/Equipment Release
AP1.17.1 Correspondence
AP1.18 Panel Findings & Determinations
AP1.19 Possible Ignition Source (Back-up material for Dr.Faget's chart)
AP1.20 Proceedings
AP1.21 Proposed Action Items
AP1.22 Reorganization Chart and Panels
AP1.23 Removal and Test Plan
AP1.24 Reports
AP1.24.1 Brooks Accident Status Report
AP1.24.2 FBI Lab. Report
AP1.24.3 Trip Report to FBI & Bell Lab.
AP1.24.4 Weekly Activity Report
AP1.25 Special Support
Bendix
Douglas
AP1.26 Impoundment of Documents
AP1.26.1 S/C 012 Documents
AP1.26.2 Preliminary Findings of Review ofApollo 204 Data and Related Material- 2/1/67
AP1.26.3 Interim Reports - Panels 1-21
AP1.26.4 Special Assessment of Material Analysis Br. Hughes Connector Assembly
AP1.27 Request for Information
AP1.28 Recess & Dissolvement of Board and Panels
AP2 Offer of Assistance and Request
AP3 Congressional Correspondence
AP4 Letters of Appreciation
AP5 Weekly Activities Report
AP6 TWX Correspondence
AP7 Handbooks and Correspondence
AP8 Travel
AP9 Addresses and Phone Numbers
AP10 Personnel in Support of Board
AP10.1 Correspondence
AP10.2 Personnel Survey
AP11 Consultants
AP12 Film
AP13 News Media
AP13.1 Correspondence
AP13.2 News Releases, Clippings, etc.
AP14 Reports
AP15 Policy and Procedures
AP16 Security
AP17 ECU Action Items
AP18 Organizations
AP18.1 NASA Headquarters
AP18.2 Ames Research Center
AP18.3 Flight Research Center
AP18.4 Goddard Space Flight Center
AP18.5 Kennedy Space Center
AP18.6 Langley Research Center
AP18.7 Lewis Research Center
AP18.8 Manned Spacecraft Center
AP18.9 Marshall Space Flight Center
AP19 Brush Recordings
AP20 Photographic Material
AP20.1 Correspondence
AP20.2 Photographs
AP20.3 View-Graphs
AP20.4 Slides
AP20.5 Film
AP21 Designation of Authority
AP22 Request for Information (Outside Sources)
AP23 Request for Information/Material
AP24 Magnetic Tapes
AP25 Command Module 012
AP26 Spacecraft 014
AP27 Ignition Sources and Flammability
CENTRAL METRIC DATA FILES.
01/28/1967-10/07/1967
Boxes 1-11
MLR Entry 45, A1
Location: 130/25/34/7
- Arranged numerically.
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- Included among the records of this series
are Time History Plots of such systems as the Launch Vehicle
Emergency Detection System, the Communication and Instrumentation
Systems, and Electrical Measurements.
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OFFICE FILES OF THE CHAIRMAN.
01/28/1967-10/07/1967
Boxes 1-5
MLR Entry 46, A1
Location: 130/25/35/3
- Arranged by subject.
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- This series contains reports, 3rd draft
transcripts of Board meetings, witness statements, photographs and
other material from the files of Dr. Floyd L. Thompson, the
Chairman of the Apollo 204 Review Board.
OFFICE FILES OF THE COUNSEL TO THE
BOARD.
01/28/1967 - 10/07/1967
Boxes 1-6
MLR Entry 47, A1
Location: 130/25/35/3
- Arranged by subject.
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- This series contains litigation files,
correspondence, reports and related materials of George T. Maley,
counsel of the Apollo 204 Review Board, concerning legal matters
arising from the accident and subsequent investigation. Included
in the records is the case file for the lawsuit, Grissom v. North
American Rockwell.
CORRESPONDENCE OF APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD MEMBER COL.
FRANK BORMAN.
05/08/1967-07/12/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 48, A1
Location: 130/25/35/4
- Arranged chronologically
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- This series contains memoranda and
correspondence of Col. Frank Borman, the only astronaut who was a
member of the Apollo 204 Review Board. The correspondence relates
to such matters as the necessity for spacecraft tests and possible
areas of investigation.
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PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND OTHER RECORDS USED
AS BACKGROUND MATERIAL.
1967
Boxes 1-15
MLR Entry 49, A1
Location: 130/25/35/4
- Arranged according to type of record as
follows : photographs arranged by panel, thereunder numerically;
press clippings arranged by volume, thereunder chronologically;
other records arranged by subject.
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- This series contains various records
utilized by the Apollo 204 Review Board in the course of its
investigation. Included among the records are press clippings,
photographs used by the Task Panels of the Board, Apollo Program
Working Papers and a Project Apollo Flight Readiness Review
Spacecraft 012 Report.
REPORTS OF THE APOLLO 204 REVIEW BOARD RECEIVED BY THE
DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 50, A1
Location: 130/25/35/7
- Panel Reports arranged by Panel. Overall
Board Report and Panel Findings arranged numerically by findings.
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- This series contains Interim Panel
Reports, Panel Findings and Overall Board Report Findings received
by Dr. Charles Berry.
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RECORDS OF THE MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER ACTION
CENTER.
1967
Boxes 1-10
MLR Entry 51, A1
Location: 130/25/35/7
- Arranged in two parts: action and office
files arranged numerically; remainder of records arranged by
subject.
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- This series contains records of the Manned
Spacecraft Center Action Center in Houston, Texas. Included among
the records are Board Findings, Preliminary Internal Working
Drafts, requests for information and responses, and transcripts of
House and Senate Hearings.
MEMORANDUMS OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MANNED
SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
01/01/1967-04/08/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 52, A1
Location: 130/ 25/36/1
- Arranged by memoranda number.
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- This series contains the memorandums of
George Low, Deputy Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston. They were issued primarily after the Apollo 204
accident.
DATAFAXES OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND NASA
HEADQUARTERS.
1967
Boxes 1-6
MLR Entry 53, A1
Location: 130/25/36/1
- Arranged chronologically.
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- This series contains datafax
communications received or transmitted by the Kennedy Space Center
and NASA Headquarters.
SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS CHECKOUT
PROCEDURES.
1967
Boxes 1-5
MLR Entry 54, A1
Location: 130/25/36/2
- Arranged numerically by volume.
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- This series contains Kennedy Space Center
Spacecraft Operations Prelaunch Procedures for checking the Apollo
systems. Operations Checkout Procedures (OCP) are engineering
documents containing detailed instructions for operational
checkout and verification of equipment performance. OCP's
furnished step by step instructions for the operation, assembly,
handling or test of the equipment and system involved; provided
for insertion of program requirement record data, NASA/North
American Aviation Engineering and Inspection Acceptance, and the
safety of personnel and equipment.
TEST PREPARATION SHEETS.
1967
Boxes 1-5
MLR Entry 55, A1
Location: 130/25/36/3
- Arranged numerically.
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- This series consists of test preparation
sheets for the systems and component parts of the Apollo
Spacecraft. They authorize work, provide engineering instructions,
establish a method of work control, facilitate inspection of
design changes and all other planned work and tests. These records
are used with engineering records and disrepancy tests.
TECHNICAL REPORTS OF THE REVIEW
BOARD.
1967
Boxes 1-3
MLR Entry 56, A1
Location: 130/25/36/5
- Arranged numerically by report.
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- This series contains technical reports
collected by the Apollo 204 Review Board in the course of its
investigation. Included are reports of Ignition and Combustion
Tests, Space Cabin Atmospheres and various other subjects.
PRELIMINARY INTERNAL WORKING DRAFTS.
1967
Boxes 1-3
MLR Entry 57, A1
Location: 130/25/36/5
- Arranged by subject.
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- This series contains preliminary internal
working drafts of NASA reports concerning such subjects as Cabin
Egress, Fire Detection, and the Environmental Control
System.
TEST AND INSPECTION RECORDS.
1968
Boxes 1-31
MLR Entry 58, A1
Location: 130/25/36/5
- Arranged numerically.
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- This series contains test and inspection
records of North American Aviation, documenting components and
systems of the Apollo Spacecraft.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTIFACTS OF THE APOLLO 204 REVIEW
BOARD.
1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 59, A1
Location: WNRC, 4/89/52/2
- Unarranged.
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- This series consists of 4 unidentified,
electrical components.
IMPOUNDED RECORDS.
1967
Boxes 1-148
MLR Entry 60, A1
Location: 130/25/37/3
- Some records arranged numerically by
binder number; others unarranged.
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- This series contains records from the
Flight Crew System Laboratory, Acceptance Checkout Equipment
Control Room, Launch Complex 34 and pertinent vendor records,
which were impounded by NASA immediately after the Apollo 204
accident. The records include manufacturing and engineering
reports, drawings, specifications, hardware evaluations, test
preparation sheets and deficiency reports.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 1 - SPACECRAFT AND GROUND SUPPORT
CONFIGURATION.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-18
MLR Entry 61, A1
Location: 130/25/40/3
- Arranged by subject.
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- These records establish and document the
physical configuration of the spacecraft and ground support
equipment, immediately prior to, and during, the fire. This
includes equipment configuration, switch positions, and non-flight
items in the cockpit. They document through deviation,
configuration differences with respect to the expected launch
configuration and configurations used in previous testing. They
also, to a lesser level of detail, document the configurational
difference between this, and other spacecraft. Engineering,
orientation and main console display drawings have been
transferred to the Picket Street Annex.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 2 - TEST
ENVIRONMENTS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-4
MLR Entry 62, A1
Location: 130/25/40/5
- Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 2 planned and implemented a
review of all tests for histories pertinent to the investigation.
Attention was focused primarily upon oxygen test histories of the
crew compartment systems, and arcing and shorting problems
experienced during those tests. All environments were reviewed for
rationale used in original deviation, substantiation by ground and
flight vehicle tests, and margins imposed when implemented into
component level tests. The other environments were examined as
possibly being germaine to the cause of the accident. These
reviews included the vibration, heating, and humidity
environments.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 3 - SEQUENCE OF
EVENTS.
01/30/1967 - 02/23/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 63, A1
Location: 130/25/40/5
Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 3 analyzed data obtained prior
to and during the fire accident including digital, analog, voice
communications, and photography. It was tasked to display
significant events as they occurred with a precise time tag. Time
histories of all continuous or semi-continuous recorded
parameters, correlation of parameter variations and events were
recorded as well as an interpretation of the results of said
analysis. Where pertinent, normal expected variations were
compared with those actually obtained. Panel 3 served as a
separate panel from January 30, 1967, through February 23, 1967.
It was dissolved on February 23, 1967, and merged with Panel 18,
Integration Analysis.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 4 - DISASSEMBLY
ACTIVITIES.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-16
MLR Entry 64, A1
Location: 130/25/40/6
- Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 4 developed plans and
procedures for progressive disassembly of the Apollo 012
spacecraft for purposes of inspection and failure analysis.
Disassemby was configured to proceed on a step-by-step basis, in a
manner to obtain the maximum amount of information. Contents of
testing plans were considered. Disassembly plans included both the
cockpit and the area outside the pressure hull. Means for
cataloging documentary information within the spacecraft and for
the display of removed items were a part of the plans and
procedures.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 5 - ORIGIN AND PROPAGATION OF
FIRE.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 65, A1
Location: 130/25/41/1
- Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 5 conducted inspections,
chemical analysis of the spacecraft, parts and rubble to establish
point of fire origin, direction and rate of propagation,
temperature gradients and extremes. It also determined the nature
of the fire, the type of materials consumed, and the degree of
combustion.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 6 - HISTORICAL
DATA.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1-8
MLR Entry 66, A1
Location: 130/25/41/1
- Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 6 assembled and reviewed
records on the Spacecraft and associated systems, in order to
determine the applicability of these records to the Apollo 204
accident. In addition, historical narratives were prepared to
reflect the relationship and flow of significant review and
acceptance points, highlight documentation pertinent thereto, and
to present a brief history of the prelaunch operation performed on
Spacecraft 012 at Kennedy Space Center.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 7 - TEST PROCEDURES
REVIEW.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-9
MLR Entry 67, A1
Location: 130/25/41/2
- Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 7 documented test procedures
employed during the day of the incident. Deviations between
planned procedures and those actually used were indicated. It
determined potential changes which might alleviate fire hazard
conditions or provide for improved reaction or corrective
conditions. These changes were also reviewed with respect to
applicability to other test sites or conditions.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 8 - MATERIALS
REVIEW.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-20
MLR Entry 68, A1
Location: Boxes 1-19, 130/25/41/4; Box 20, 130/B/15/7
- Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 8 assembled and summarized data
and analyses related to the flammability of spacecraft materials.
Results of programs other than Apollo were considered. It
recommended requirements for additional testing and reviewed
Apollo test conditions for adequacy. Recommendations were made for
materials or configuration changes to alleviate fire hazard.
Analyses were performed, as appropriate, to determine such
information as overall energy balance and correlations with
temperature and pressure building.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 9 - DESIGN
REVIEWS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-4
MLR Entry 69, A1
Location: 130/25/41/6
- Arranged by subject.
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- Task Panel 9 conducted critical design
reviews of systems or subsystems that were potential ignition
sources within the cockpit or which might have provided a
combustible condition in either normal or failed conditions. This
panel considered glycol plumbing configuration, electrical wiring
and its protection, as well as other potential ignition sources
such as motors, relays, and corona discharges. Other areas of
review included egress augmentation and basic cabin atmosphere
concept (one versus two gas).
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 10 - ANALYSIS OF FRACTURE
AREAS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-2
MLR Entry 70, A1
Location: Box 1, 130/25/41/7; Box 2, 130/B/15/7
- Arranged by subject
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- Task Panel 10 inspected the spacecraft for
structural failures resulting from the fire. It analyzed these
failures from various standpoints including local pressure,
temperature levels, and direction of gas flow.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 11 - MEDICAL
ANALYSIS.
01/20/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-3
MLR Entry 71, A1
Location: 130/25/41/7
- Autopsy reports and photographs arranged
alphabetically by astronaut; post-fire condition of spacecraft
photographs arranged by packet number.
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- This series consists of autopsy reports
and post-mortem photographs of the astronauts killed in the Apollo
204 accident. In addition, there are photographs of the post-fire
condition of the spacecraft, which includes views of the
astronauts still inside, and others of them still in their suits
after removal from the command module. Lastly, there are some
records concerning the injuries sustained by ground support
personnel in the fire and rescue attempts. Task Panel 11 was
assigned the responsibility of providing a summary of medical
facts together with appropriate medical analysis which would be of
interest to the investigation. Examples given included the cause
of death, pathological evidence of overpressure, and any other
areas that might be of technical value in determining the cause of
the accident or in establishing corrective action.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 12 - WITNESS
STATEMENTS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-6
MLR Entry 72, A1
Location: 130/25/41/7
- Some witness statements arranged
alphabetically by name; others arranged by company, thereunder
alphabetically by name.
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- This series consists of the statements of
witnesses to the Apollo 204 accident. Task Panel 12 was assigned
the responsibility for determining who to interview, arranging for
competent interviewers, and recording the data. The Panel also
analyzed the pertinent sequence of events as reported by the bulk
of the witnesses, together with a summary of that testimony which
is contradictory to the main data.
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- An index and various lists of witnesses
are located in the first box in a folder marked "List of Witness
Statements."
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 13 - GROUND EMERGENCY
PROVISIONS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-2
MLR Entry 73, A1
Location: 130/25/42/1
- Arranged by subject.
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- This series contains the Apollo Operations
Handbook, the Apollo Crew Abbreviated Checklist, the Apollo Flight
Crew Hazardous Egress Procedures and other materials of Task Panel
13 of the Apollo 204 Review Board. Panel 13 reviewed and evaluated
the emergency provisions in existence at the time of the accident.
This included investigations of emergency procedures in published
documents, internal and external spacecraft emergency equipment,
and emergency training of the flight crew and checkout test team
personnel. It also reviewed existing methods used to identify
hazards and insure adequate documentation.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 14 - SECURITY OF
OPERATIONS.
01/30/67-04/05/67
Box 1
MLR Entry 74, A1
Location: 130/25/42/2
- Arranged by subject.
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- Panel 14 reviewed for adequacy, security
procedures in existence at the time of the accident. This review
included access control, personnel sign-in requirements, buddy
systems and background investigation requirements. The Panel made
recommendations to the Apollo 204 Review Board for changes to
existing practices.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 15 - BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURES.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 75, A1
Location: 130/25/42/2
- Arranged by subject.
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- This series consists of the Board
Adminstrative Procedures and a summary report of Task Panel 15 of
the Apollo 204 Review Board. This Panel established and documented
administrative procedures of the Board. This included activity
such as procedures for control of spacecraft work, logging and
filing of exhibits, maintenance of the Board activities log,
scheduling of meetings, preparation of agendas for Board meetings,
arrangements for secreterial services and reproduction of
material.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 16 - SPECIAL
TESTS.
01/30/1967-02/23/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 76, A1
Location: 130/25/42/2
- Arranged by subject.
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- This Panel coordinated tests desired by
other groups into an overall, integrated test plan. Test results
were collected, reviewed and edited so as to be included in the
Final Report of the Apollo 204 Review Board. This Panel was
dissolved February 23, 1967, and merged with Panel 18, Integration
Analysis.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 17 - FINAL BOARD
REPORT.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 77, A1
Location: 130/25/42/2
- Arranged by subject.
-
- This Panel was responsible for organizing
the Final Report of the Board, delegating responsibility to other
panels, reviewing and editing submitted material and the final
preparation of the report.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 18 - INTEGRATION
ANALYSIS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Boxes 1-48
MLR Entry 78, A1
Location: 130/25/42/2
- Arranged by subject.
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- This Panel coordinated all phases of
hardware inspection, disassembly, test and analysis requirements,
and presented periodic status reports and summaries to the Board.
It also was responsible for the correlation, validation and
determination of each significant finding and presented periodic
status reports and summaries of test results to the Board.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 19 - SAFETY OF INVESTIGATION
OPERATIONS.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 79, A1
Location: 130/25/43/2
- Arranged by subject.
-
- Task Panel 19 was responsible for
reviewing all operations performed during the investigation to
assure that all personnel safety requirements were adequately
maintained.
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RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 20 - IN-FLIGHT FIRE EMERGENCY
PROVISIONS REVIEW.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1-2
MLR Entry 80, A1
Location: 130/25/43/2
- Arranged by subject.
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- This Panel reviewed in-flight fire
emergency procedures and other provisions relative to their
adequacy as well as whether emergency procedures existed for all
appropriate activities. This included recommendations for changes
in existing procedures and other provisions and for the creation
of new emergency provisions if deemed necessary.
RECORDS OF TASK PANEL 21 - SERVICE MODULE
DISPOSITION.
01/30/1967-04/05/1967
Box 1
MLR Entry 81, A1
Location: 130/25/43/2
- Arranged by subject.
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- This Panel was responsible for the
planning and execution of necessary Service Module activity
beginning at the time of Board approval for Command Module
Demate.
