The first astronauts in decades from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there ...

The propeller that helped thrust the USS Shangri-La aircraft carrier and figures into a pivotal scene from the Apollo 13 ...

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo ...

The last Dragon spacecraft that SpaceX plans to build entered orbit for the first time with "grace." Reaching space on the ...

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary ...

The prestigious scholarship is in honor of the Grand Rapids astronaut who perished with two others in the Apollo 1 mission on Jan. 27, 1967 - NASA’s first fatal spacecraft accident.

Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of the new documentary, “Apollo 1” on ...

“ Apollo 1,” from British director Mark Craig, is a 101-minute film that recounts the lives of the astronauts — Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Edward White — who were killed ...

The film highlights the journey of Major Donn Eisele, an astronaut who was part of the first Apollo mission to explore the Moon. It chronicles his path from graduating from Annapolis in 1952 ...

On Apollo 1, during a launch rehearsal test on Jan. 27, 1967, all three astronauts on board — Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee — died when a fire swept through the command module.

Astronauts Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee lost their lives when a fire erupted in the cockpit during a launch rehearsal for the NASA Apollo 1 space mission.