On January 27, 1967, zuva Apollo 1 moto, Armstrong akanga ari Washington, DC pamwe Cooper, Gordon, Lovell uye Scott Carpenter nokuda kusaina United Nations Outer Space Treaty. The astronauts vakakurukura pamwe vakaungana vakuru kusvikira 18:45, apo Carpenter akaenda yendege, uye vamwe vakadzokera Georgetown Inn, apo mumwe nomumwe akawana mashoko kufonera Manned Spacecraft Center. Munguva mafoni aya, vakadzidza pamusoro rufu Gus Grissom, Ed White uye Roger Chaffee mumoto. Armstrong uye boka akapedza zororo usiku kunwa scotch uye kukurukura zvakanga zvaitika. On April 5, 1967, zuva iroro ongororo 1 rakabudiswa mushumo wayo wokupedzisira, uye vamwe 17 astronauts vakaungana kuti musangano pamwe Slayton. The chokutanga chinhu Slayton akati, "The vakomana vari kuenda kubhururuka mwedzi mishoni ndivo vakomana muna Outer Space Treaty.
rufu rwaGus Grissom, Ed White naRoger Chaffee