Apollo astronauts for the first NASA manned Apollo mission, Virgil Grissom (command pilot), Edward White (senior pilot) and Roger Chaffee (pilot) pictured during altitude tests to test suits and capsules. The three men are expected to be rocketed in space during the early part of next year for no less than 14 days. The mission is regarded as one of the preliminary steps to man's visit to the moon - 4th November 1966