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  2. Apollo 1 - Wikipedia

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    The names of the Apollo 1 crew are among those of multiple astronauts who have died in the line of duty, listed on the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. President Jimmy Carter awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor posthumously to Grissom on October 1, 1978.

  3. List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non-astronaut fatalities during spaceflight-related activities.

  4. Ed White (astronaut) - Wikipedia

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    White died on January 27, 1967, alongside astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee in a fire during pre-launch testing for Apollo 1 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his flight in Gemini 4 and was then awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor posthumously.

  5. Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia

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    On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was the second Space Shuttle mission to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986.

  6. Famed Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, 90, dies in horror ...

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    William Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died at age 90 in a plane crash near the San Juan Islands on Friday ...

  7. Soyuz 11 - Wikipedia

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    Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-6212-4. Ivanovich, Grujica S. (2008). Salyut – The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy. Praxis. ISBN 978-0-387-73585-6. Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress (2005).

  8. Betty Grissom - Wikipedia

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    On January 27, 1967, Gus Grissom, along with fellow astronauts Roger Chaffee and Ed White, died when an electrical fire engulfed the Apollo 1 command module during testing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. When Ms. Grissom received the news she said that she had "already died 100,000 deaths" being married to an astronaut. [7]

  9. 15 killed and about 30 injured as truck crashed into New ...

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    The suspect then got out of the car, opened fire on police officers, and was subsequently killed by law enforcement. FBI, authorities investigate Houston connection to New Orleans terrorist act