The prime crew for the first manned flight of Project Apollo died in a flash fire inside the three-man spacecraft atop its ...
Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, [...] ...
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 ...
On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was ...
The first piloted Apollo flight – called Apollo 204, though it would later be known as Apollo 1 – was intended for tests in Earth orbit, part of the eventual path to later Apollo missions going to the ...
The Museum of Flight marks NASA's Day of Remembrance with special displays honoring the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia, remembering the lives lost in three of spaceflight's most tragic ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard from any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew were uttered by pilot Michael Smith.
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Apollo 1 (AS-204) Crew Interviews (Colonel Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee) with Rhett ...