Apollo Rocket Explosion

Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, 1 the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module.The mission never flew a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station

Just three months after the Apollo 1 fire, Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov became the first fatality in space flight when Soyuz 1, the first Soviet space vehicle aimed at eventually reaching

Rounding out the Apollo 1 crew was Pilot Roger Chaffee, an energetic rookie. The plan was that they would fly a 15-story Saturn IB rocket into Earth orbit in late February for a two-week shakedown

Space Shuttle Challenger - assembled for launch along with the ET and two SRBs - atop a crawler-transporter en route to the launch pad about one month before the disaster. The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable spacecraft operated by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA. 3 5, 195 It flew for the first time in April 1981, 4 III-24 and was used to conduct

Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert subsequently left Earth orbit for the moon, but an oxygen tank explosion in their CSM, the Odyssey, scrubbed their moon landing.

On Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. EST 1800 GMT, the three crewmembers entered the Apollo control module for a launch countdown simulation called a quotplugs-outquot test, which would determine whether the

Area of the Apollo Command Module CM where the fire is believed to have started. Left In the intact CM-014 spacecraft. Right The same area in the fire-damaged CM-012 spacecraft. Left The Apollo 204 Review Board during one its last meetings. Right The cover page of the Apollo 204 Review Board's final report.

The space shuttle Challenger appeared to have exploded after a fireball ignited. Bruce WeaverAP The Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch at approximately 1140 a.m. ET on January 28, 1986.

On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing seven astronauts and shocking the world. Here's how the Challenger accident occurred.

January 28th, 1986 at 1139am EDT - The Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes on its 10th flight during mission STS-51-L. The explosion occurred 73 seconds after January 28th, 1986 at 1139am EDT