NASA expected its May 19, 1965, Apollo A-003 mission to demonstrate an emergency escape system under carefully planned test conditions. Instead, the Little Joe II rocket developed a serious ...

During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their Apollo command module when a sudden fire erupted inside the oxygen-filled ...

Click to open image viewer. This Apollo command module pressure model was part of a larger grouping built and used for wind tunnel testing conducted in the development stage of the Apollo program. The ...