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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.
- Roger Bruce Chaffee, February 15, 1935, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
- 1963 NASA Group 3
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.
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Jul 24, 2023 · Quick Facts. Chaffee was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Roger Chaffee was selected in NASA’s third group of astronauts in October 1963. On March 21, 1966, Chaffee was selected as one of the pilots for the AS-204 mission, the first 3-man Apollo flight.
Feb 15, 2015 · 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.
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Feb 3, 2022 · Radio Moscow. 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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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.
Apr 19, 2024 · Apollo 1. On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). The mission was to be the first crewed flight of Apollo, and was scheduled to launch Feb. 21, 1967. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module.
