On January 27, 1967 three astronauts climbed into the Apollo 1 command module, perched atop a giant Saturn V rocket. They would spend the day running through final checklists before their launch ...

They all died in a fire during a launch pad test. (NASA/Reuters) On January 27, 1967, a flash fire broke out inside the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch pad test at Cape Canaveral Florida.

Michael Collins, pilot of command module on historic Apollo 11 lunar mission, dies at 90 Rosalba O’Brien Reuters Published April 28, 2021 Updated April 29, 2021 ...

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom ...