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‘Got a fire in the cockpit!’: The Apollo 1 tragedy that killed three astronauts

Three astronauts were sealed inside a spacecraft preparing for a simulated liftoff to practice what would happen for real less than a month later. But Air Force Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Air Force Col.
Sacramento Bee

‘Fire in the cockpit.’ A 1967 tragedy taught NASA how to put a man on the moon

A fire in the Apollo 1 command capsule during a countdown test Jan. 27, 1967, killed three astronauts. National Air and Space Museum On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil ...
New York Post

Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90

The last surviving astronaut of Apollo 7, NASA’s first successful manned space mission for the Apollo program, died early Tuesday morning in Houston. NASA, in a press release, confirmed the death of ...
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Last surviving astronaut from NASA's 1st successful crewed space mission, Apollo 7, dies at 90

HOUSTON, Texas -- Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90. NASA confirmed Cunningham ...
Charlotte Observer

‘Fire in the cockpit.’ A 1967 tragedy taught NASA how to put a man on the moon

On his last visit home to Texas on Jan. 22, 1967, astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom grabbed a lemon off a tree in his backyard. His wife asked what he planned to do with it. “I’m going to hang it on that ...