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ROGER B. CHAFFEE
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Born February 15, 1935, in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Roger received a Bachelor of Science
degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University.
Chaffee and his wife, Martha Horn Chaffee, have two children,
Sheryl and Stephen. |
Lieutenant Commander
Chaffee was among the third group of pilots to be selected by NASA in
1963 to become astronauts. After rigorous training, he was selected to
be one of the pilots for Apollo 1.
When a flash fire consumed their spacecraft during a countdown
simulation in preparation for the scheduled launch of their
Saturn/Apollo mission, Roger Chaffee chose to remain strapped into his
couch, attempting to transmit emergency messages while fire raged
mercilessly throughout the Apollo spacecraft.
Roger B. Chaffee made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in service
to the nation and the space program on January 27, 1967, at 31 years of
age.
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