On January 27, 1967, three astronauts entered their spacecraft for a routine ground test - none of them would leave alive. A ...

Apollo 1 disaster In 1965, Schweickart was driving in L.A. when he heard on the radio that three Apollo 1 astronauts had been killed in a fire on the pad. "That fire was a horrible thing, and ...

The World Today was a regular program on the Mutual Broadcasting Company network. This edition was produced a few days after the Apollo-1 (AS-204) accident. The anchor is Tony Marvin in New York. In ...

On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. This ...

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90. NASA confirmed Cunningham's death in a ...

Astronauts of Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon for more than 50 years hope their journey inspires a new generation.

Two Speedmasters originally given to NASA astronauts Richard “Dick” Gordon Jr. and Edgar “Ed” Mitchell are being auctioned ...

Apollo 1 disaster In 1965, Schweickart was driving in L.A. when he heard on the radio that three Apollo 1 astronauts had been killed in a fire on the pad. "That fire was a horrible thing, and ...