but after a fire killed the entire crew of the first crewed apollo mission apollo 1 on january 27, 1967, a united states senate committee on aeronautical and space sciences hearing overseeing nasa's investigation of the accident, led to the public disclosure of the phillips report by then junior senator walter mondale, who was told of its existence by abc news reporter jules bergman, who had seen a copy at nasa's washington, dc office of manned space flight headquarters.