Rounding out the Apollo 1 crew was Pilot Roger Chaffee, an energetic rookie. The plan was that they would fly a 15-story Saturn IB rocket into Earth orbit in late February for a two-week shakedown ...

Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, [...] ...

On August 25th, 1966, an Apollo Command Module was launched aboard a Saturn IB rocket in mission AS-202. This mission was intended to immediately precede the ill-fated Apollo 1 mission, the AS-202 ...

The race to the Moon was filled with triumph and tragedy, from the Apollo 1 disaster to the breathtaking 'Earthrise' captured by Apollo 8. With the powerful Saturn V rocket ready, NASA stood on the ...

The only spacecraft to have delivered astronauts to the moon. In this video, we focus on the Saturn V rocket that launched ...

An electrical spark apparently turned the Apollo 1 capsule into an instant inferno ... Apollo cabin perched 218 feet atop a two-stage Saturn rocket. The bodies of the astronauts remained in ...

Apollo 10 successfully launched from ... every part of the countdown except ignition of the five F-1 engines at the base of the Saturn V rocket and lift off of the vehicle. By fully fueling ...