On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of ...

During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their Apollo command module when a sudden fire erupted inside the oxygen-filled ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - 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 ...