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

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It was supposed to be a routine launch pad test. But from the Apollo 1 command module at Pad 34 came a panicked voice saying, "Fire in the cockpit." Exactly 40 years later, the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It was supposed to be a routine launch pad test. But from the Apollo 1 command module at Pad 34 came a panicked voice saying, “Fire in the cockpit.” Exactly 40 years later, the ...