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Roger Bruce Chaffee (/ ˈ tʃ æ f iː /; 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.
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. On January 27, 1967, his life, along with his two crewmates, was tragically lost in a flash fire that sparked inside the command module.
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.
Jan 28, 2017 · 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.
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 · NASA career. Apollo 1 fire. Since childhood, Roger Chaffee dreamt of becoming an astronaut and, when he was selected to be in NASA's third group of astronauts, that goal became a reality,...
Jan 21, 2022 · The GRPM’s Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium continues to keep Chaffe’s legacy alive. Every year, hundreds of thousands of children experience the wonder and adventure of space exploration. They also have opportunities to develop their own interest in science with hands-on exhibits and programs.
Jan 27, 2022 · On Jan. 27, 1967, with the planned launch of the first Apollo mission to carry a crew just 25 days away, Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee were conducting a key test with their spacecraft on the launch pad.
Roger Chaffee was just 31 years old when he and fellow astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, also a Purdue alumnus, and Ed White were killed during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission on Jan. 27, 1967.
Jan 27, 2017 · Grand Rapids remembers Roger B. Chaffee. By. Jim Harger | jharger@mlive.com. Fifty years ago this week, America's exuberant chase to land a person on the moon was caught horribly off-guard...
