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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 ...
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The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

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Apollo 11 Command Module

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a ...
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What Happened to Apollo 13? Inside the Near-Fatal 1970 NASA Mission — And Exactly What Went Wrong

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space Apollo 13 crew members Jack Swigert, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise pose for a ...
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Southern California engineers built Apollo spacecraft

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Command Module, Apollo 9

Click to open image viewer. Apollo 9 was launched aboard a Saturn V on March 3, 1969 from Kennedy Space Center. The crewmembers, Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar ...