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Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈtʃæfiː /; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eagle Scout.
Roger B. Chaffee (born Feb. 15, 1935, Grand Rapids, Mich., U.S.—died Jan. 27, 1967, Cape Kennedy, Fla.) was a U.S. astronaut who was a member of the three-man Apollo 1 crew killed when a flash fire swept their space capsule during a simulation of a launching.
Jun 7, 2024 · Selected in NASA’s third group of astronauts in 1963, Roger B. Chaffee was to make his first spaceflight on the AS-204 mission, the first of the Apollo program.
Jan 28, 2017 · Mr. Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Ed White died in a flash fire that engulfed their capsule atop a Saturn 1B rocket during a routine training operation on Jan. 27, 1967. Mr. Grissom was 40. Ms....
ROGER B. CHAFFEE (LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, USN) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born February 15, 1935 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Died January 27, 1967, at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the Apollo spacecraft fire.
Feb 3, 2022 · The nation’s Moon landing program suffered a shocking setback on Jan. 27, 1967, with the deaths of Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee in a flash fire aboard their spacecraft during a ground test on the launch pad.
Oct 18, 2021 · The life of the skilled NASA astronaut Roger Chaffee was cut short in a tragic accident. One of Chaffee’s most famous quotes is “Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.”(Image credit:...
Roger B. Chaffee . NASA Bio. Learn More. Chaffee had been assigned as a pilot for NASA’s first scheduled three-person spaceflight, but a flash fire during a countdown demonstration test at Kennedy Space Center took the lives of the rookie astronaut and his colleagues.
Jan 21, 2019 · Born: February 15, 1935 in Grand Rapids, MI. Died: January 27, 1967, in the Apollo 1 fire at Kennedy Space Center. Parents: Donald Lynn Chaffee, Blanche May Chaffee. Spouse: Martha L. Horn. Children: Sheryl Lyn and Stephen. Career: Served in the Navy until his selection as a NASA astronaut in 1963.
Jan 26, 2017 · The three men set to blast off on Apollo 1—rookie astronaut Roger Chaffee and veterans Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Ed White—had issues with the new craft as well.
