A Janairu 27, 1967, ranar da Apollo 1 wuta, Armstrong ya a Washington, DC tare da Cooper, Gordon, Lovell da Scott Carpenter ga sanya hannu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Outer Space Treaty. The astronauts hira da taru dignitaries har 18:45, a lõkacin da Carpenter ya tafi zuwa filin jirgin sama, da kuma wasu koma zuwa Georgetown Inn, inda suka kowane samu saƙonni zuwa wayar da Manned Spacecraft Center. A lokacin wadannan kira, suka koyi da mutuwar Gus Grissom, Ed White da kuma Roger Chaffee a cikin wuta. Armstrong da kungiyar ciyar da sauran na dare shan Scotch da kuma tattauna abin da ya faru.A Afrilu 5, 1967, a wannan rana da bincike 1 saki ta karshe rahoton, da kuma sauran 17 astronauts suka taru domin ganawa da Slayton. Abu na farko da Slayton ya ce shi ne, "The mutane da suke faruwa a tashi na farko lunar manufa ne da mutane a cikin lunar manufa jam'iyya ne a cikin dakin har sai 18:45, a lõkacin da Carpenter ya tafi zuwa filin jirgin sama, da kuma wasu koma zuwa Georgetown Inn, inda kowane samu saƙonni zuwa wayar da Manned Spacecraft Center. A lokacin wadannan kira,
mutuwar Gus Grissom, Ed White da Roger Chaffee