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Actual Apollo 1 hatch on display at the Kennedy Space Center Apollo Saturn V complex. The Apollo 1 command module has never been on public display. After the accident, the spacecraft was removed and taken to Kennedy Space Center to facilitate the review board's disassembly in order to investigate the cause of the fire.
AS-201 (Also known as SA-201, Apollo 1-A, or Apollo 1 prior to the 1967 pad fire), flown February 26, 1966, was the first uncrewed test flight of an entire production Block I Apollo command and service module and the Saturn IB launch vehicle. The spacecraft consisted of the second Block I command module and the first Block I service module.
The Apollo/Saturn V Center, located 6 miles (9.7 km) north inside NASA's gates, is a large museum built around its centerpiece exhibit, a restored Saturn V launch vehicle, and features other space related exhibits, including an Apollo capsule. Two theaters allow the visitor to relive parts of the Apollo program.
The Crew-7 astronauts, riding aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, docked with the International Space Station on Sunday.
Apollo CSM in white for a Skylab mission, docked to the Skylab space station The payload capability of the Saturn IB launch vehicle used to launch the Low Earth Orbit missions ( Apollo 1 (planned), Apollo 7 , Skylab 2 , Skylab 3 , Skylab 4 , and Apollo–Soyuz ) could not handle the 66,900-pound (30,300 kg) mass of the fully fueled CSM.
You may think you've seen photos of the moon landing before, but you haven't like this.
SpaceX launched two new crew members to the International Space Station on Saturday, in a capsule that will eventually bring home two NASA astronauts who flew to orbit on Boeing’s problem ...
The hills are named in memory of the three Apollo 1 astronauts. [2] Grissom Hill is located 7.5 km (4.7 mi) southwest of the Columbia Memorial Station (at Martian co-ordinates 14°34′18″S 175°28′43″E / 14.5718°S 175.4785°E / -14.5718; 175.4785 ); while 11.2 km (7.0 mi) to the northwest lies White Hill; and Chaffee Hill is ...