posted 02-22-2025 05:00 PM               

New doc 'Apollo 1' tells the story of NASA astronauts lost in launch pad fire

As NASA works toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface, the filmmaker who told the story of the last man to set foot there is ready with a new documentary about the first crew to be lost in pursuit of the moon.

"Apollo 1," from British director Mark Craig, is set to make its world premiere on March 15 at the Boulder International Film Festival in Colorado. The feature-length (101-minute) movie recounts the lives of NASA's first Apollo crew, astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee, who were tragically killed when a fire swept through their spacecraft during a launch pad test on Jan. 27, 1967.

posted 03-16-2025 12:23 AM               

'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary

It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" more than 20 years later. It was one of the catalysts for the Soviet Union to land the first human on the moon in the Apple TV+ alternate history drama "For All Mankind" and was a factor in recruiting Scarlett Johansson's character to improve NASA's image in the 2024 movie "Fly Me to the Moon."

And it was a turn in the life of Eugene Cernan as retold in the 2014 documentary "Last Man on the Moon," directed by Mark Craig....