Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" more ...

The Apollo program began with soaring ambitions — a lunar mission by the end of the 1960s. Then, tragedy struck. On January ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A documentary being screened in town this week tells the story of Apollo 1 and its crew, including Grand Rapids native Roger Chaffee. “What I hope people will take away ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – NASA will honor the late astronaut Naval Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the U.S. space program.

An image taken from Spirit’s PanCam looking west depicts the nearby hills named after the astronauts of the Apollo 1. The crew of Apollo 1 perished in flash fire during a launch pad test of their ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two days of events in February will celebrate the life of astronaut Roger Chaffee and look at the history of space exploration. The Grand Rapids Public Museum and Grand ...