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Jan 25, 2017 · The funeral of Grand Rapids astronaut Roger B. Chaffee at Arlington National Cemetery.
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On January 27, 1967, during a training exercise and pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission, Chaffee was killed, along with Astronauts Edward White and Gus Grissom, in a command module fire on the launching pad at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
WASHINGTON D.C. (iNewZ.TV) Astronaut's Funeral, January 1967, “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee.
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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.
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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.
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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.
May 17, 2018 · Roger B. Chaffee and Virgil Grissom are buried next to each other in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C., while Ed White is buried in West Point Cemetery in New York.
