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The Space Race in 1967: Setbacks, Tests and Preparations for the Moon
A survey of the American and Soviet space programmes in 1967: two fatal setbacks, the first Saturn V flight, lunar probes and the road to the Moon.
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Space and Flight in 1967
Rockets, probes and aircraft from a setback-filled year.
Apollo 4 and the First Saturn V Launch
How the uncrewed Apollo 4 mission on 9 November 1967 tested the giant Saturn V rocket and the Apollo heat shield, and why it mattered for reaching the Moon.
Lunar Orbiter Photographs and Choosing Landing Sites
How the five Lunar Orbiter missions of 1966 and 1967 photographed the Moon from orbit and helped NASA pick safe landing sites for the Apollo astronauts.
Mariner 5 Flies Past Venus
The October 1967 Mariner 5 flyby of Venus, how a spare Mars probe was repurposed, and what it and the Soviet Venera 4 revealed about the planet's atmosphere.
Soyuz 1 and the Death of Vladimir Komarov
The April 1967 Soyuz 1 mission, the faults that plagued the new Soviet spacecraft, and the death of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on landing.
Surveyor 3 Lands on the Moon
Surveyor 3 made a bouncing soft landing on the Moon in April 1967, tested the soil with a scoop, and was visited by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969.
The Apollo 1 Fire: A 1967 Tragedy in Space Exploration
The story of 27 January 1967 told through Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee: who they were, how they trained, and what happened during the pad test.
The Apollo 1 Fire: A Tragic Event in Space Exploration
How the Apollo 204 Review Board investigated the January 1967 fire: the pure oxygen cabin, flammable materials, the inward-opening hatch, and what it concluded.
The Apollo 1 Tragedy: A Setback for Space Exploration
After the January 1967 fire NASA redesigned the Apollo command module with a new hatch and safer materials, pausing crewed flights for 20 months until Apollo 7.
The Boeing 747 Rollout in September 1967
The September 1967 rollout of the first Boeing 747 at Everett, Washington: the Pan Am order, the giant factory, and how the jumbo jet changed air travel.
The Concorde Unveiled in Toulouse
The December 1967 rollout of the first Concorde at Toulouse, the Anglo-French treaty behind the supersonic airliner, and the road to its service in 1976.
The First Moon Landing: A Milestone in Space Exploration
Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the Moon on 20 July 1969. This article explains how the setbacks of 1967, especially the Apollo 1 fire, shaped the path there.
The First Satellite Launch: A New Era in Space Exploration
Sputnik 1 reached orbit on 4 October 1957 and Explorer 1 followed in January 1958. By 1967 satellites had become tools for weather, communications and science.
The First Spacewalk: A Milestone in Space Exploration
Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and Ed White the first American one on 3 June 1965. There were no spacewalks at all in 1967.
The Moon Landing: A 1967 Milestone in Space Exploration
The Moon landing was on 20 July 1969, not 1967. This article traces the real 1967 milestones on the road there, from Apollo 4 to the unmanned lunar probes.
The Moon Landing: A Dream Deferred in 1967
The Moon landing came on 20 July 1969. This article explains how 1967 put Kennedy's decade goal in doubt and why the pause before Apollo 7 stirred debate.
The Outer Space Treaty of 1967
The Outer Space Treaty opened for signature on 27 January 1967: its core principles on peaceful use, no national claims, no orbital nuclear weapons and liability.
The X-15 Flight 191 Accident
The loss of the X-15 rocket plane and test pilot Michael Adams on 15 November 1967, what investigators found, and the legacy of the X-15 programme.
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