I te 27 o Hānuere 1967, i te ra o te Apollo 1 ahi, Armstrong i roto i Washington, DC ki Cooper, Gordon, Lovell ko Scott Carpenter mo te hainatanga o te United Nations Outer Space Treaty. tīmata te astronauts kōrerorero ki te huihui rangatira tae noa 18:45, ka haere Carpenter ki te rererangi, ka hoki te tahi atu ki te Georgetown Inn, te wahi i kitea e ia karere ki te waea te Manned Spacecraft Center. I roto i enei karanga, ka ako ratou o te mate o Gus Grissom, Ed White ko Roger Chaffee i roto i te ahi. Armstrong me te rōpū pau te toenga o te po inu scotch me te aparau i te mea i tupu. i runga i April 5, 1967, i te ra ano i te rangahau 1 tukua tona pūrongo whakamutunga, a 17 atu astronauts huihui mo te hui ki Slayton. te mea tuatahi i mea Slayton ko, "Ko te mau taata e haere ki te rere i te misioni marama tuatahi ko te mau taata i roto i te ruma o waho waho, ka haere Carpenter ki te taunga rererangi, a ka hoki te tahi atu ki te Georgetown Inn, te wahi i kitea
te matenga o Gus Grissom, Ed White me Roger Chaffee