The fire may have saved the Apollo programme

Fifty years ago, a fire broke out during a test of the rocket that would take men to the Moon. Three astronauts died on the launch pad – but their deaths were not in vain. 22 January 1967, Cape Canaveral, Florida One of Nasa's most celebrated astronauts, Lt Col Virgil 'Gus' Grissom was becoming i...

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