What happens if a space capsule lands in an area that is experiencing big waves? Astronaut-in-training Brien walks you through the steps of escape.

The testing is the first time since the Apollo program that NASA has practiced such egress techniques from a capsule in open water.Mark Mulligan / Houston Chronicle ...

A door’s hinges are arguably its most important pieces. After all, a door without hinges is just, well, a wall. Or a bulkhead, if we’re talking about a hingeless hatch on a spacecraft. … ...

The board concluded that because the door of the capsule opened inwards, the cabin pressure meant the crew had no chance of forcing the hatch open and escaping.

NASA on Thursday gave visitors at Kennedy Space Center a glimpse at one of it's most historic -- and tragic -- artifacts: the hatch door of the infamous Apollo 1 spacecraft.

On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9 mission to test the first crewed Lunar Module spacecraft that would pave the way for future moon landings. See how the mission worked in photos here.

Adam Savage has partnered with the National Air and Space Museum to create a full-scale replica of an Apollo command module hatch.

Workers move a full-scale replica of the Apollo 1 command module into place inside the atrium of Purdue's Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering on Wednesday (Oct. 17). The capsule, on loan from the ...

Apollo 1 crew members practice water egress procedures in a swimming pool at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston. Astronaut Edward White rides a life raft in the foreground.

One of the most iconic objects in human history — the spacecraft that took the first men to the moon in 1969 — is going on a road trip.

(NASA) (August 1968) – Three astronauts participate in Apollo water egress training in a tank in Building 260 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Already in life raft is John W. Young.