Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

Though NASA expected their complicated machines would not always work right, the first deaths in the space program still came as a shock -- because the fatal mishap occurred on the ground. Gus Grissom ...

Use the controls at the bottom of the frame to navigate, zoom in and out, or view full-screen. Above: The Apollo Command Module on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, number 007A, is the first ...

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