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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — It was supposed to be a routine launch pad test. But from the Apollo 1 command module at Pad 34 came a panicked voice saying, "Fire in the cockpit." Exactly 40 years later, the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It was supposed to be a routine launch pad test. But from the Apollo 1 command module at Pad 34 came a panicked voice saying, “Fire in the cockpit.” Exactly 40 years later, 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 ...

In 1961, as the Space Race between the USA and Soviet Union was really heating up, President John F Kennedy surprised his nation - and the world - by announcing that within the decade, America would ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The Apollo missions showed exact science at work. Each part needed to be close to perfection from start to finish. NASA succeeded with 1960s tools—a remarkable feat. Though it was still cutting-edge ...