The Space Mirror Memorial is engraved with the names of the crews of three space missions along with astronaut candidates who died in accidents. On Jan. 27, 1967, Virgil “Gus” Grissom ...

CAPE KENNEDY -- America's first three Apollo astronauts died only 218 feet off the ground Friday night in a blazing explosion inside their space capsule atop its launch pad. An electrical spark ...

The mission was aborted because more than 1.5 liters of liquid entered the astronaut's suit. The biggest problem was that radio communication was lost and he had to be helped by his partner to get ...