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Some CT families got a special surprise to ring in America’s 250th birthday. ‘Gallantry’ was noted.
This week, several family members of Connecticut veterans, were bestowed military medals awarded to their loved ones that ...
Despite Neil Armstrong's towering accomplishments, he remained a humble man. Armstrong, who is from Wapakoneta, Ohio, always ...
So there you have it: the world’s largest space museum is right here in Alabama, waiting to blow your mind with rockets, spacecraft, and the inspiring story of human space exploration.
Other museum highlights include an entire gallery devoted to Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Ohio brothers who invented, built and flew the world’s first successful airplane. On display here is the ...
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Apollo 1: The fire that killed 3 astronauts
During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their Apollo command module when a sudden fire erupted inside the oxygen-filled ...
In this April 16, 1970 photo made available by NASA, flight controllers gather in Mission Control in Houston during the last 24 hours of Apollo 13 mission. (NASA via AP) (Uncredited) HOUSTON – Some of ...
Nearly 60 years ago, three Americans made history as the first humans to ever break free of Earth's orbit on their way toward the moon. And when they passed behind the moon to the side Earth never ...
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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 ...
As part of our 150th birthday, the Orlando Sentinel will reprint articles from our archives as part of our Monday Memory feature. Here’s one from 59 years ago this week about the death of the Apollo 1 ...
A film titled "Apollo 1" was screened at Kennedy Space Center for NASA's annual Day of Remembrance. The film documents the 1967 Apollo 1 tragedy where astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger ...
That's one small step for a man. One very expensive leap for the United States. Okay, sure, some would argue focusing on the total cost of the Apollo program defeats the purpose. Stepping onto the ...
Twenty-one months after the deaths of the Apollo 1 crew in a fire during a test on the launchpad, the three men who had originally served as their backup crew — Walter Schirra Jr., Donn Eisele, and ...
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