Claim: Some of the Gemini astronauts died in the Apollo I disaster while others eventually were able to walk on the moon.
Evidence: Among the Gemini astronauts, six later walked on the Moon, another five flew to the Moon without landing, and two participated in Low Earth orbit Apollo missions. Gus Grissom and Ed White were killed in the Apollo 1 disaster, and former Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper did not perform any further spaceflights.