CAPE KENNEDY -- America's first three Apollo astronauts died only 218 feet off the ground Friday night in a blazing explosion inside their space capsule atop its launch pad. An electrical spark ...

Anything in the spacecraft that accidentally caught ablaze ... Then came the first call from inside Apollo 1. It was Chaffee’s voice. And it was just one word: “Fire!” Now the calls came ...

On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

a fire erupted inside the Apollo command module with all three astronauts trapped inside. Heat caused the air pressure inside the spacecraft to rise, making it impossible for the astronauts to ...

Prior to venturing outside, the crew began slowly lowering the pressure inside the spacecraft to become accustomed ... any human has ventured since NASA's Apollo missions half a century ago.

On January 27, 1967, during a practice launch countdown, a flash fire erupted inside the sealed ... where a vastly improved spacecraft came out of it." Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo ...

Physically, the men were all superficially similar, all about five feet nine inches tall (plus or minus two inches) to fit inside ... that spacecraft led to the change in Apollo 8's mission.

By protecting anyone who might one day be inside the capsule, the heat shield is a critical component. In the form of a shell, it is this shield that encapsulates the wide end of the spacecraft ...

NASA's Day of Remembrance honours astronauts who died during Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Challenger, and Space Shuttle Columbia ...