“Without Apollo 1 and the lessons learned from it, in all probability, such a fire would have taken place later in flight, and not only the crew, but the entire spacecraft would have been lost ...

The historic Apollo 1 capsule has been moved to a newer, environmentally controlled warehouse at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

A relic from America’s first space tragedy is finally going on display this week, 50 years after a fire on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo moon program.

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human ...

Within seconds, “spacecraft technicians ran toward the sealed Apollo, but before they could reach it, the command module ruptured,” Benson and Faherty wrote in “Moonport.” “Flame and ...

The redesigned capsule — with a quick-release hatch — carried 24 men to the moon; 12 of them landed and walked on its surface. For the astronauts' families, Apollo 1 is finally getting its due.

Apollo 1: The Fire That Shocked NASAThe spacecraft - Command Module 12 - arrives at the Kennedy Spaceflight Centre clearly destined for Apollo 1. Credit: NASA. The spacecraft was fully assembled ...

A fire in the Apollo 1 command capsule during a test Jan. 27, 1967, killed three astronauts but lessons learned helped put man on the moon.

A fire in the Apollo 1 command capsule during a test Jan. 27, 1967, killed three astronauts but lessons learned helped put man on the moon.

A fire in the Apollo 1 command capsule during a test Jan. 27, 1967, killed three astronauts but lessons learned helped put man on the moon.