A memorable space tragedy’s artifact has been locked away, but after 50 years, will finally be taken out of storage. The Apollo 1 hatch that locked Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee in a burning ...

NASA on Thursday gave visitors at Kennedy Space Center a glimpse at one of it's most historic -- and tragic -- artifacts: the hatch door of the infamous Apollo 1 spacecraft. Trapped behind that door ...

Kennedy Space Center’s “Ad Astra Per Aspera” exhibit honors Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died in a launch pad fire in 1967. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) Fifty years ...

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A relic from America's first space tragedy is finally going on display this week, 50 years after a fire on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo moon program. The scorched ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)€” A relic from America’s first space tragedy is finally going on display this week, 50 years after a fire on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo ...