“Apollo 8 probably remains as the most significant mission ever flown.” —Chris Kraft, NASA's first Flight Director 📹 View of the surface of the Moon through a window of the Apollo 8 Command Module, December 1968 | NASA History

11K views · 287 reactions | On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/ez1ouH The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of the U.S. space program. Apollo 1 was supposed to be the first flight that NASA would conduct to prepare for a crewed landing on the moon. Less than a month before their planned launch date, a fire erupted inside