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Anniversary of Apollo 1 disaster: Jan. 27 a dark day in NASA history

Jan. 27 is a dark day in the world of space exploration. It’s the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three NASA ...

Shuttle Challenger remembered at 40th anniversary of NASA disaster

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke apart Jan. 28, 1986, in the sky over East-Central Florida, killing the ...

Apollo 1 film pays tribute to NASA's fallen heroes on Day of Remembrance

On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was ...
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OTD in space - January 27: Apollo 1 fire

On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

NASA honors fallen astronauts at annual Day of Remembrance

NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday to commemorate the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 and space shuttle ...
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Historic NASA Apollo test stands in Huntsville are dismantled after decades of use to support future space infrastructure

NASA has demolished the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and Dynamic Test Stand in Huntsville to modernize the ...
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Moon soil rewrites how Earth got its water, Nasa reports

NASA scientists are turning to the Moon to solve one of Earth’s oldest mysteries: where our water came from. A new study led by the US space agency uses Moon soil collected during the ...

NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo

When Apollo 13 looped around the moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world watched the United States ...
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New NASA findings clarify the Moon’s impact record and Earth’s water sources

NASA research using Apollo lunar regolith data refines the Moon’s impact record and places limits on meteorite contributions to Earth’s water over geologic time.