The Apollo 1 crew floats around during water egress training. Credit: NASA. The Apollo 1 accident review board determined that a wire over the piping from the urine collection system had arced. The ...
“Fire in the spacecraft!” is a distress call the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes never to hear again. In the aftermath of last January’s Apollo fire, NASA is spending more than ...
On the 55th anniversary of the incident that killed three astronauts, the lessons learned persist. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...
Sheryl Chaffee remembers the January evening when astronaut Mike Collins came to the door and asked to speak with her mother. The two talked in a bedroom of the Chaffee home. Then Collins emerged and ...