Destination Moon' follows a real-life astronaut mission that ended tragically — and the lessons learned for future Apollo ...

The Apollo program began with soaring ambitions — a lunar mission by the end of the 1960s. Then, tragedy struck. On January ...

A fire in the Apollo 1 command capsule during a countdown test Jan. 27, 1967, killed three astronauts. National Air and Space Museum On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil ...

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface. When you ...

Bellcomm, Inc Technical Library Collection / Series III: Manned Space Flight Programs / III.D.: Programs / III.D.3.: Apollo Program / III.D.3.f.: Apollo Program ...

On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom grabbed a lemon off a tree in his backyard. His wife asked what he planned to do with it. “I’m going to hang it on that ...