Roger B. Chaffee
Astronaut
1935 – 1967
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Who was Roger B. Chaffee?
Roger Bruce Chaffee, was an American naval aviator, aeronautical engineer and a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the then-Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, in 1967. Chaffee was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Navy Air Medal.
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- Born
- Feb 15, 1935
Grand Rapids - Also known as
- Roger Chaffee
- Spouses
- Martha Horn
(1957/08/24 - )
- Martha Horn
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Central High School
- Illinois Institute of Technology
(1953/09 - ) - Bachelor of Science, Purdue University
Aerospace Engineering
(1954 - 1957) - Air Force Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Grand Rapids
- Died
- Jan 27, 1967
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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