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Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA. NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — Fifty years ago, after NASA completed its investigation into a fire that claimed the lives of three of its astronauts on the launch pad, the space agency stored the scorched remains ...

Marking time has long been a human obsession - from the first rudimentary cave markings to wall planners, desk diaries and computerized charts, calendars have always been with us. Now scientists at ...

In 1961, as the Space Race between the USA and Soviet Union was really heating up, President John F Kennedy surprised his nation - and the world - by announcing that within the decade, America would ...

The NASA exhibit entrance showing the Apollo 1 crew NASA Nasa has set up a special exhibit, called "A Rough Road Leads to the Stars," in remembrance the Apollo 1 crew that was killed in a fire at the ...

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Cunningham was the second American civilian to fly in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Former NASA astronaut Walter ...