His crew had a mocking portrait taken, their heads bowed in prayer ... unpowered (“plugs-out”) test of Apollo 1 that took place Jan. 27, 1967, fellow astronaut Wally Schirra pulled Grissom ...
Astronauts Walter Schirra, Donn E. Eisele and Walter Cunningham were the backup team for Apollo 1 and presumably will move into the void left by Grissom, White and Chaffee. The program ...
On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. A flash fire swept through the capsule so quickly ...
NASA:Hallowed ground: Lost Apollo 1 astronauts memorialized at long-abandoned ... Air Patrol said in Titusville during Sunday's opening prayer. "Lord, we ask that you shine your light and grant ...
It was a cloudy Saturday morning on the Space Coast when 12-year-old Tal Ramon anxiously waited with his family for the return of his father Ilan on Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. Ilan and his six ...
Where the astronauts sat in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the ...
NASA's fallen astronauts: a photo memorial — New NASA video honors fallen astronauts of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia — Space shuttle Columbia: NASA's first shuttle in space NASA holds its ...
NASA honors the Apollo 1 astronauts, and all other fallen astronauts on January 28th, which is also the anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts during a routine test on the launchpad. The accident shocked NASA as the agency was rushing to meet President ...