Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Apollo’s Fire is at a crossroads – a favorable crossroads – both literally and figuratively. This month, Cleveland’s baroque orchestra launches a series of concerts that will take it ...

The first piloted Apollo flight – called Apollo 204, though it would later be known as Apollo 1 – was intended for tests in Earth orbit, part of the eventual path to later Apollo missions going to the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – “Winter Sparks,” the title of the next Apollo’s Fire program, isn’t just marketing speak. It’s a prediction. Indeed, it’s almost a formula. Add fire to tinder – in this case, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The ...

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 ...