During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) -- Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chaffee, who died in a fiery accident before conducting his first space mission, will be admitted to the Astronaut Hall of Fame, ending a ...

On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of ...