As the years and decades rolled by, Apollo 1 became a mere footnote in space history. Chaffee's daughter, Sheryl, who retired last month after working at Kennedy for 33 years, recalls having to ...

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.

50 years since deadly Apollo 1 fire 03:51. With the first Apollo launch less than a month away, America’s race to the moon was in high gear. The three-man crew of the first Apollo test flight ...

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

New Apollo crew Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham. 14-Day Flight Planned. The Apollo 1 mission, planned as a 14-day earth-orbiting flight, was to be the first in a series ...

The spacecraft - Command Module 12 - arrives at the Kennedy Spaceflight Centre clearly destined for Apollo 1. Credit: NASA. The spacecraft was fully assembled and stacked on top of its unfuelled ...

“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 ...

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

The scorched Apollo 1 capsule remains locked away in storage. But NASA is offering visitors at Kennedy Space Center a look at the most symbolic part: the hatch that trapped Gus Grissom, ...

The scorched Apollo 1 capsule remains locked away in storage. ... Apollo 1 is finally getting its due. The tragedy has long been overshadowed by the 1986 Challenger and 2003 Columbia accidents.

The scorched Apollo 1 capsule remains locked away in storage. ... Apollo 1 is finally getting its due. The tragedy has long been overshadowed by the 1986 Challenger and 2003 Columbia accidents.