3.6K views · 72 reactions | NASA’s Apollo Program (1961-73) was one of the most ambitious research and development operations in modern history. But the deaths of the Apollo 1 astronauts in 1967 put the entire program in jeopardy. Find out how NASA responded.... Full video here: https://youtu.be/YWhMCXo4lkQ | Epic History TV | Facebook

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing after the Soviet Union took the lead in the 'Space Race'. We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing by the end of the decade, in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin. We look at how Werner von Braun, a former rocket scientist of the Third Reich, playe