The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster ... Heat caused the air pressure inside the spacecraft to rise, making it impossible for the astronauts to open the hatch, which was designed ...

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 ...

An electrical spark apparently turned the Apollo 1 capsule into an instant inferno ... They were believed to have died instantly in the fire which blazed up without warning in pure oxygen in ...

The Apollo 1 fire erupted on Jan. 27 ... Ed White and Gus Grissom — were inside the spacecraft at the time, and all of them perished.

Advertisement In 1967, U.S. astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died in a fire aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft during a launch simulation at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

The Znamya project had the potential to change the world. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an experiment that was ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

Tree grew from se that flew aboard Artemis 1 Seminole County school receives ... nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the ...