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Made By Us experiences are special tours of sites not normally open to the public at museums all over the U.S. We took a look at two sites in Philadelphia.

>> you say its not actually possible? >> by 2024 it is possible but it would be very unsafe and very expensive. >> and why exactly? >> well, because, we dont have the architecture that we need to get there. even in the 60s when we talked about the apollo mission, it was incredibly expensive. it was $112 dollars in 2018 dollars and unsafe. the apollo one tragedy occurred because we cut corners. we dont want to set ourselves up for a failure like that again. >> speaking of that failure, charles, d...

Last thing before we go, the departure of a brave woman in american life that gave more than her fair share. many of us will go to see the new movie "first man" about the life and accomplishments of neil armstrong that won the apollo 11 mission and became the first man to walk on the moon. as the movie trailer already shows us, the film will deal with the death of the crew of apollo one, the first mission of the new apollo capsule. the three were killed while in the capsule and on the launch pad...

Supplies are running out d.w. correspondent bustin halakhic is on the island of pseudo way z.m. reports from the town apollo one of the places hardest hit. all they want is to get out. some of them have been waiting four days at the airport to get on one of the planes that are bringing in the eight. indonesians on forces are constantly airlifting in relief goods things that people here need most water food medication most of all and on the way back theyre taking those who are desperately waiting...

Three astronauts inside perished. >> on january 27, 1967, my little 8-year-old world was torn apart. that evening my mother had to tell my brother steven and me, that our daddy was never coming home. >> that daddy, roger chafe was just 31, a rookie astronaut who had not yet been to space. as an adult, his daughter cheryl spent 33 years working at nasa to help others achieve that dream. the hard lessons learned from the apollo one disaster were applied to future missions as the u.s. raced the sov...

Now to our lead, these are stories we think are not getting enough attention. a rough road lead to the stars. it is also the title of a new kennedy space center tribute. the three men were killed a half century ago today during what was supposed to be a routine count down simulation. because of their sacrifice, nasa was able to pave a safer and much more reliable road to the moon. >> apollo astronauts lose their lives in a tragic flash fire aboard the grounded space capsule. >> it was supposed t...

Texas and lewisville as it returned to earth killed all seven. the heat shield was breached and in 1986, a cold florida morning, challenger 73 seconds in launch. a booster rocket failed due to the cold weather. we lost astronauts and the would- be first teacher in space. known 67, the explosion and fire in the apollo one capsule killed all three astronauts within a minute. xn born after 1972, they never saw an american standing on the moon, live on their television set. but the man you can see r...

>> anticipating a joyful homecoming of our crew, we were jolted in the viewing area into a nightmarish stroll of fear, uncertainty and horror. that led to a issue dr.ing announcement that the crew had perished during reentry. >> nasa today on a day of remembrance marked other tragedies as well. apollo one which burned up on the launch pad in 1967 killing three astronauts on board the space shuttle challenger flight lasted one minute before disintegrating. a tragedy witnessed by school children a...

Columbia 10 years ago today. >> its important that we pause to remember and reflect we must do our very best to prevent something like that from ever happening again. too much is at stake. >> the shuttle descent grated over texas minutes before it was to land in florida killing the crew of six americans and israels first astronaut. investigators later determined a chunk of foam insulation struck one of the wings damaging the system that protected it from the intense heat of reentry. family membe...

Of management over the flight to a lunar orbitabl flight. >> if it worked they would leap across the soviets in a space race. astronaut not a cosmonaut would be the first to fly around the moon. >> it was one of the big gambling that nasa at the direction of the president took in order to establish america was better than the soviet union. >> a big gamble indeed. it was less than two years before aboll low demonstrated how complex how the smallest over site could be fatal. no one knew that bette...