Editing Roger B. Chaffee (section)

=== Aftermath ===
[[File:GrissomChaffeeGrave.jpg|thumb|alt=Grissom and Chaffee headstones with a wreath between them|Gus Grissom's and Roger Chaffee's headstones during the NASA Day of Remembrance ceremony in 2013]]

Shortly after the AS-204 fire in 1967, NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Spaceflight [[George Mueller (NASA)|George Mueller]] announced the mission would be officially designated as Apollo 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html|title=Apollo 1|date=June 14, 2012|access-date=September 19, 2016|publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927151858/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html|archive-date=September 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/orbital-missions/apollo1.cfm|title=Apollo 1 (AS-204)|access-date=July 5, 2017|publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223105828/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/orbital-missions/apollo1.cfm|archive-date=February 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The capsule underwent a significant redesign as a result of the disaster. The atmosphere in the cabin was changed from 100% oxygen to a 60% oxygen and 40% nitrogen environment at launch. The astronauts' spacesuits, originally made of [[nylon]], were changed to [[beta cloth]], a non-flammable, highly melt-resistant fabric woven from [[fiberglass]] and coated with [[Teflon]]. There were other changes, including replacing flammable cabin materials with self-extinguishing ones, and covering plumbing and wiring with protective insulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/ch9-4.html|title=The Slow Recovery|last1=Brooks|first1=Courtney|last2=Grimwood|first2=James|last3=Swenson|first3=Loyd|date=1979|publisher=NASA|access-date= July 9, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161106010826/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/ch9-4.html|archive-date= November 6, 2016|url-status= live}}</ref>

Chaffee and Grissom were buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360165/the_daily_messenger/|title=Grissom, Chaffee in Arlington Burial|last1=Corddry|first1=Charles W.|newspaper=The Daily Messenger|date=January 31, 1967|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|location=Canandaigua, New York|agency=UPI|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084520/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360165/the_daily_messenger/|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgdjaGFmZmVlEgVyb2dlchoBYg--/ |title=Burial Detail: Chaffee, Roger B. (Section 3, Grave 2502-F)  |work= ANC Explorer|publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |id=(Official website)}}</ref> while White was buried at [[West Point Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360165/the_daily_messenger/|title=West Point Rites Held for Ed White|last1=Quigg|first1=H. G.|newspaper=The Daily Messenger|date=January 31, 1967|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|location=Canandaigua, New York|agency=UPI|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084520/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360165/the_daily_messenger/|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Chaffee's widow received $100,000 from the life insurance portion of the contract the astronauts signed with two publishing firms so they would have exclusive rights to stories and photographs of the astronauts and their families. She also received $16,250 per year for the life of the contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Widows Will Get $100,000 From Life Insurance|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12155840/apollo_1_as204_widows_receive/|date=January 29, 1967|newspaper=[[Bridgeport Sunday Post]]|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 5, 2017|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812055615/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12155840/apollo_1_as204_widows_receive/|archive-date=August 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>