The Apollo 1 disaster remains one of the most haunting tragedies in space exploration. This short documentary uncovers how a routine test ended in disaster, claiming the lives of three astronauts and ...

— -- It's been forty years since Neil Armstrong "giant leap" onto the surface of the moon. Celebrate the anniversary with this look back at the Apollo program, from the tragedy of the Apollo 1 ...

Handout/NASA/AFP US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced ...

Introduction -- Fire onboard: Apollo 1 -- Death in a fireball: Soyuz 1 -- Nerves like wire rope: Gemini 6A -- Emergency landing in the Pacific: Gemini 8 -- Death at supersonic speed: X-15 -- Odyssey ...

A new book about the Apollo program, "Eight Years to the Moon," suggests that a rogue space module nearly crashed into an astronaut space capsule.

Apollo 13 was meant to be a routine Moon mission but became a fight for survival. This documentary explores the crisis, the ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell reads the news after his crew returned safely to Earth from a failed Moon mission in 1970 - Copyright NASA/AFP/File Handout Astronaut Jim Lovell ...