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NASA jumped from Apollo 1 to Apollo 7... the forgotten missions that made the moon landing possible

Apollo 1 was supposed to be another step toward the Moon, but a cabin fire killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger ...
The Durango Herald

Three astronauts died in the Apollo 1 fire

Sheryl Chaffee remembers the January evening when astronaut Mike Collins came to the door and asked to speak with her mother. The two talked in a bedroom of the Chaffee home. Then Collins emerged and ...
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OTD in space - January 27: Apollo 1 fire

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 ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The Apollo Missions

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...
CNN

30 years later, Apollo 1 astronaut gains Hall of Fame status

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) -- Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chaffee, who died in a fiery accident before conducting his first space mission, will be admitted to the Astronaut Hall of Fame, ending a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book Shows How Project Gemini Led to the Glory of Apollo

Gemini astronauts risked their lives to prove that spacewalking was possible.