The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA. NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The ...
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Forty years ago this afternoon, a routine test of the Block 1 Apollo spacecraft resulted in a catastrophic LOCV accident which claimed the lives of three American astronauts.<BR><BR>Apollo 1 ...
An image taken from Spirit’s PanCam looking west depicts the nearby hills named after the astronauts of the Apollo 1. The crew of Apollo 1 perished in flash fire during a launch pad test of their ...
NASA’s Apollo Program began with bold ambition but was nearly derailed by tragedy. From the fatal Apollo 1 fire to the triumph of Apollo 8, this is the gripping story of how America reached for the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA on Friday marked the 50th anniversary of its moon program's fatal Apollo launchpad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch that trapped three ...
On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jan. 27 is a dark day in the world of space exploration. It’s the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three NASA astronauts, including Grand Rapids native Roger B ...
On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of ...
FILE PHOTO: Astronauts, from the left, Gus Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee stand near Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 34 during training for Apollo 1 in January 1967. NASA/Handout via REUTERS ...