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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 (Grand Rapids, 15 de fevereiro de 1935 – Cabo Kennedy, 27 de janeiro de 1967) foi um astronauta estadunidense. Filho de Don Chaffee, piloto aéreo em parques de diversões na área rural. Em setembro de 1953 foi estudar no Instituto de Tecnologia de Illinois em Chicago.
24 de jul. de 2023 · Roger Chaffee was one of the three astronauts who died in a fire at the launch pad during the Apollo 1 mission in 1967. He was selected by NASA in 1963 and worked on various systems for the Apollo program.
Roger B. Chaffee foi um astronauta da NASA que treinou para as missões Apollo e trabalhou na Gemini. Ele foi morto no incêndio da Apollo 1 em janeiro de 1967.
18 de out. de 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...
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Roger B. Chaffee 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. Chaffee died along with the veteran space travellers Virgil I. Grissom and Edward H. White II.
Roger Chaffee was just 31 years old when he and fellow astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, also a Purdue alumnus, and Ed White were killed during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission on Jan. 27, 1967.
