Studying Apollo 1’s scorched interior, the investigators determined that once the fire began—probably ignited by an electrical arc from damaged wires below and to the left of Grissom’s couch ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad. It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film ...

The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

Because of the pressure of the fire, and the fact that the spacecraft's hatch opened inward, there was no hope of escape. Investigation of the Apollo 1 Accident Extensive reviews followed the ...

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia tragedies. These events emphasized ...

Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...

"Apollo 1" director Mark Craig (second from left ... While the documentary does spend time on the fire itself, including playing back the last audio recorded of the crew, a large portion of ...

Revered baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire have centered their April program around the work of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold- out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of “Apollo 1” on Saturday, March 22.