The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold- out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of “Apollo 1” on Saturday, March 22.

"We covered a little bit of Apollo 1 in that film because Gene Cernan and the Chaffees were next-door neighbors, and Gene looked after ... when a fire tore through their spacecraft during a ...

Apollo 9 astronaut ... of the three Apollo 1 astronauts — Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Edward White — who were killed when a fire swept through their spacecraft during a ...