On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch ...

It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" more than 20 years later. It was one of the catalysts for the Soviet Union to ...

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

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On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

Agency officials are eyeing a February 5 launch for the mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon, but can they actually stick to this aggressive timeline? Reading time 3 minutes The ...

On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. This was the first mission of the Apollo program that carried a crew into space.

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an ...

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. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...