Apollo 1 – 1967 The first fatal accident in the history of U.S. space flight occurred on January 27, 1967, during preparations for the first manned mission of the Apollo space program. A flash fire broke out in the command module of Apollo 204 during a simulated launch at Cape Canaveral...
However, crises struck NASA, the US's space program, culminating in the Apollo 1 disaster in January 1967. The disaster almost ended the lunar program, but it continued on with the remaining foundations of political and monetary support. Going full speed ahead and learning that the Soviets had...
Apollo 1— Jan. 27, 1967. Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger B. Chaffee had all been veterans of NASA's Mercury or Gemini programs. A disaster involving the highly oxygenated air inside their capsule and a stray spark, along with the vessel's hatch being difficult to...
The timing wasn’t too good for the release ofThe Reluctant Astronaut. After having the cooperation of NASA for the film, the Apollo 1 accident occurred that killed three astronauts the week of the films release. With that tragedy making headlines, suddenly an astronaut comedy didn’t seem tha...
#OTD in 1967, a fire during a launch rehearsal for Apollo 1 killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. During an official portrait session prior to the rehearsal, NASA took this photo of the crew praying over a miniature of their command module. The crew had… pic.twitter...
On the eve of the second N1 launch in the Summer 1969, top managers in the Soviet space program no longer planned to beat the Apollo. In fact, the L3 expeditionary complex, which had to ride to the Moon on top of the N1, had remained in the second seat behind several precursor ...
We usually don’t include live albums in our rankings, but ‘Live at Leeds’ is no ordinary live album. Like ‘Live at the Apollo,’‘At Fillmore East,’‘At Folsom Prison’ and a handful of other classic concert records, it transcends the genre, turning a quick record-company cash turn...
We usually don’t include live albums in our rankings, but ‘Live at Leeds’ is no ordinary live album. Like ‘Live at the Apollo,’‘At Fillmore East,’‘At Folsom Prison’ and a handful of other classic concert records, it transcends the genre, turning a quick record-company cash turn...
这个公司还活着,但其雇员从1967年的80人降到了五年后的45人。12 Marquardt made its own compromises. It now was building small rocket engines, including attitude-control thrusters for Apollo and later for the space shuttle. But it too left the field of hypersonics. Arthur Thomas had managed the ...
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