Roger Bruce Chaffee

Astronaut
Nationality	American
Born	February 15, 1935 Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died	January 27, 1967 Cape Canaveral, Florida
Occupation1	Test pilot
Rank	Lieutenant Commander, USN
Selection	1963 NASA Group
Mission(s)	Apollo 1
Mission insignia
1 previous or current

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. Roger Chaffee Cropped, optimized; original at http://images. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Grand Rapids is the name of several places in the United States of America: Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Rapids, Ohio Grand Rapids, Wisconsin is the former name of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Grand Rapids is also the name of a town in Canada: Grand Rapids, Manitoba. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Cape Canaveral from space, August 1991 Cape Canaveral (Cabo Cañaveral in Spanish) is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that states Atlantic coast. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. ... In the Royal Navy, United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a lieutenant commander (lieutenant-commander or Lt Cdr in the RN) is a commissioned officer superior to a lieutenant and inferior to a commander. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... Apollo One is the official name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral - then known as Cape Kennedy) atop a Saturn IB rocket. ... Image File history File links Apollo_1_patch. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... For other uses, see Astronaut (disambiguation). ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ...

He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, attended Illinois Institute of Technology and earned a B.S. in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1957. He was married to Martha Horn Chaffee, and had two children, Sheryl and Stephen. Chaffee was an Eagle Scout and a member of Phi Kappa Sigma. Nickname: Location of Grand Rapids within Kent County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Kent Founded 1826 Government  - Mayor George Heartwell Area  - City  45. ... State Street Village, S.R. Crown Hall, Armour Main Building Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private Ph. ... Purdue redirects here. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable by a Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and is also used as a title of a Scout who has achieved this honor. ... ΦΚΣ (Phi Kappa Sigma) is an international college fraternity. ...

He was a lieutenant commander in the Navy. In the book Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon, it is claimed that he flew the U2 spyplane which took the pictures of Soviet missles in Cuba which President Kennedy used on television on October 22, 1962. However, during this time Chaffee actually flew Navy RA3Ds (a reconnaissance version of the carrier based Douglas Skywarrior nuclear bomber). He was officially recognized for his service during the crisis but his exact role is unclear and it is unknown if he actually flew over Cuba. In the Royal Navy, United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a lieutenant commander (lieutenant-commander or Lt Cdr in the RN) is a commissioned officer superior to a lieutenant and inferior to a commander. ...

He was chosen in the third group of astronauts in 1963 and had made no spaceflights before being selected as lunar module pilot for the first Apollo program flight. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ...

Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Edward White in the Apollo 1 fire at Cape Kennedy. Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force pilot who became the second American astronaut and one of the first to die in the U.S. space program. ... Edward Higgins White, II (Lt. ... Apollo One is the official name given to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral - then known as Cape Kennedy) atop a Saturn IB rocket. ... Cape Canaveral is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, near the center of the Atlantic coast. ...

The Chaffee crater on the far side of the Moon is named after him. The star Gamma Velorum was named "Regor" ("Roger" spelled backwards) in his honor. Roger B. Chaffee Elementary School, in Huntsville, Alabama, is named after him. Huntsville, also known as "Rocket City" is a large center for space technology and rocket development, and several of the schools are named after others who died in the space program. Chaffee is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. ... Far side of the Moon. ... Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ... Gamma Velorum (γ Vel / γ Velorum) is a star system in the constellation Vela. ... Nickname: Rocket City Watercress Capital of the World Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Madison, Limestone Government  - Mayor Loretta Spencer Area  - City 174. ...

The US Navy school at US Naval Air Station, Bermuda was named for him from 1970 to 1995. The school was closed with the hand-over of the base to the Bermudan government and is now named Clearwater Middle School. An artificial island in San Pedro Bay off Southern California, is also named for him. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Before Mexico City, Tenochtitlan was an artificial island of 250,000 (Dr Atl) Dejima, not allowed direct contact with nearby Nagasaki Formoza (Gdynia) The World in Dubai An artificial island is an island that has been formed by human, rather than natural means. ... San Pedro Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California, United States. ... Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, also colloquially referred to as SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ...

Chaffee is remembered in his hometown where the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium is named after him, as well as a street in an industrial park (Roger B. Chaffee Drive in the Grand Rapids suburb, Wyoming, Michigan) and the Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship, awarded annually to exceptional students in math and science in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. The Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, named for astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, was constructed in the early 1960s as part of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. ... Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

The Roger B. Chaffee lodge at Gerber Scout Camp is named for him. There is a plaque in the dining area dedicating the lodge to him and his service in Boy Scouts and his sacrifice for the American Space Program.

A park in Fullerton, California is named for him.^[1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In the 1995 film Apollo 13 Chaffee was played by Reed Rudy. In the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon he was played by Ben Marley. Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission. ... From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO television miniseries (1998) co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick detailing the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. ...

References

1. ^ City of Fullerton - List of Parks

External links

• NASA biography
• Astronaut memorial fund website
• Spacefacts biography of Roger B. Chaffee
• Location of Roger B. Chaffee Memorial Drive in Grand Rapids

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