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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Through tragedy there is triumph, and a film telling the story of NASA’s race to the moon and its first loss, "Apollo 1," ...

NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday to commemorate the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia accidents. The backstory: The annual event is held ...

Each year, on the last Thursday of January, NASA observes its Day of Remembrance in honor of the astronauts and astronaut candidates who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. From ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jan. 27 is a dark day in the world of space exploration. It’s the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three NASA astronauts, including Grand Rapids native Roger B ...