An electrical spark apparently turned the Apollo 1 capsule into an instant inferno ... Although three other U.S. astronauts had been killed in airplane crashes and several Russian cosmonauts ...
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 ...
Apollo 1’s crew knew their ship could never reach the Moon. It was never meant to. The barebones ‘Block 1’ spacecraft, intended only for Earth-orbital tests, had none of the navigational ...
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Famed Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, 90, dies in horror crash when his plane nose-dives into watersWilliam Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died ...
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