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Feb 15, 2015 · Photo Credit: NASA. Roger Bruce Chaffee—who would have turned 80 today (Sunday, 15 February)—has been out of this world for far longer than he was ever in it. His life was tragically snuffed out on the evening of 27 January 1967, killed in a horrific fire aboard the Apollo 1 command module on Pad 34 at Cape Kennedy.
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.
Jan 21, 2019 · Roger B. Chaffee was a NASA astronaut who trained for Apollo missions and worked on Gemini. He was killed in the Apollo 1 fire on January 1967.
Jan 26, 2017 · NASA. Portrait of the Apollo 1 prime crew for first manned Apollo space flight, Edward H. White II, Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom, and Roger B. Chaffee. The “plugs-out” test, during which the...
Oct 18, 2021 · Early life. 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...
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. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eagle Scout.
Jan 19, 2022 · NASA assigned veterans Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and Edward H. White and spaceflight rookie Roger B. Chaffee to the mission, with spaceflight veteran Walter M. Schirra and rookies Donn F. Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham as their backups. Launch was planned for Feb. 21, 1967.
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