The crew of Apollo 1 were the first fatalities in America’s space programme, but they will forever be remembered as pioneers of manned space exploration
The Apollo 1 disaster: How three astronauts were killed 47 years ago today
The crew of Apollo 1 were the first fatalities in America’s space programme, but they will forever be remembered as pioneers of manned space exploration
Five amazing facts about Project Mercury
Find out who the first astronaut in the USA’s inaugural spaceflight programme really was, and more, right here.
Why doesn’t the UK have a manned space programme?
Josh Barker from the National Space Centre gets to the bottom of this question for us.