It is 66 years since the 'Mercury Seven', NASA's first astronauts. On April 9, 1959, NASA unveiled the seven astronauts who would be part of the historic Mercury Project, a pioneer ...

Mercury was called Mercury when in the evening sky, but was known as Apollo when it appeared in the morning. It is said that ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

The Gemini programme was conceived as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programmes. This meant that it was primarily to test equipment and various mission procedures while in Earth orbit and ...