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 ...

NASA's first tragedy is recalled annually at Launch Complex 34. This year is different, as the Artemis II mission sits on the ...

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, [...] ...

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 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 crews of Space Shuttle Challenger, Columbia and Apollo 1 were honored at Kennedy Space Center during NASA’s Day of ...

'Apollo 1: Destination Moon' follows a real-life astronaut mission that ended tragically — and the lessons learned for future Apollo missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of the new documentary, “Apollo 1” on Saturday, ...

In Saturday’s Globe, a review by Mark Feeney of a documentary about Apollo 13 mentioned three Apollo missions that “everyone” remembers: Apollo 11, Apollo 14, and Apollo 13 (“On Netflix, revisiting ...

An image taken from Spirit’s PanCam looking west depicts the nearby hills named after the astronauts of the Apollo 1. The crew of Apollo 1 perished in flash fire during a launch pad test of their ...