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The Apollo Missions

Though NASA expected their complicated machines would not always work right, the first deaths in the space program still came as a shock -- because the fatal mishap occurred on the ground. Gus Grissom ...
Sacramento Bee

‘Fire in the cockpit.’ A 1967 tragedy taught NASA how to put a man on the moon

A fire in the Apollo 1 command capsule during a countdown test Jan. 27, 1967, killed three astronauts. National Air and Space Museum On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil ...
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Apollo Program astronauts to speak about experiences at SD Air & Space Museum

Those who planned, ran, and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the “Legacy of Apollo” gala celebration. The museum will host a few of those ...
Charlotte Observer

‘Fire in the cockpit.’ A 1967 tragedy taught NASA how to put a man on the moon

On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom grabbed a lemon off a tree in his backyard. His wife asked what he planned to do with it. “I’m going to hang it on that ...