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 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 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
Find out who the first astronaut in the USA’s inaugural spaceflight programme really was, and more, right here.
Josh Barker from the National Space Centre gets to the bottom of this question for us.