Born in Grand Rapids in 1935, he perished with fellow astronauts Grissom & White in 1967
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Roger B. Chaffee - Wikipedia  Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935  January 27, 1967), (LCDR, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. He was selected to be an astronaut along with 13 other pilots as a part of ... Roger Bruce Chaffee was born on February 15, 1935, in Grand Rapids,...
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Roger Bruce Chaffee (1935 - 1967) - Genealogy - Geni  Apr 1, 2013 ... Genealogy for Roger Bruce Chaffee (1935 - 1967) family tree on Geni, ... Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a ... Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an...
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Who was Roger B. Chaffee? - Roger That! Conference - Grand ...  Roger B. Chaffee, astronaut, pilot and engineer, was born in Grand Rapids, ... This photo was taken on January 25, 1967, two days before his death. ... was also when Roger met fellow student Martha Horn, whom he eventually married in 1957, ... Months of training passed, and Grissom, White and Chaffee were all eager for...
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Roger Chaffee (1935 - 1967) Astronaut, died in a fire on the launch ...  Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch ... Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he was an engineer, Lieutenant...
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Roger B. Chaffee | American astronaut | Britannica.com  born. February 15, 1935. Grand Rapids, Michigan. died. January 27, 1967 ... Chaffee died along with the veteran space travellers Virgil I. Grissom and Edward ... He and his fellow astronauts Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee were killed,...
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collectSPACE - news - "Original astronaut Wally Schirra dies at 84"  May 3, 2007 ... Schirra's first space flight came on October 3, 1962, as pilot of Mercury-Atlas 8. ... True to his Navy background, Schirra elected to remain aboard the spacecraft until it ... Eight days later, Schirra and Thomas Stafford were in their Gemini ... the tragic fire that took the lives of the Apollo 1 crew in January 1967.
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Deke Slayton Biography: Mercury Astronaut Who Waited To Fly  Jan 30, 2014 ... Donald "Deke" Slayton was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts ... the United States was engaged in what became known as a "Space...
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After 38 years, Grissom's Mercury space capsule pulled from ocean ...  Jul 21, 1999 ... Wednesday 21 July 1999 12.40 EDT. Share on Facebook ... Among the items found inside: seven Mercury dimes the astronaut carried into space as souvenirs. ... His recovery line still dangled from the spacecraft. "To see it...
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Biography - John H. Glenn | NASA  He was selected as a Project Mercury astronaut in 1959. ... On February 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to .... At that point, two American astronauts made short trips into space, but did not reach orbit. ... "The very first time we saw a missile launch, it went up and blew up at 27,000 feet and...
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Time Line of Space Exploration - RocketMime  October 11, 1958 - Pioneer 1, U.S. - IGY space probe, launched to a height of ... On April 24 it crashed, killing Komarov, the first spaceflight fatality. ... 9 (launched May 30, 1971) is the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars. .... April 5, 1991 - Space Shuttle Atlantis carries the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory into orbit.
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Gus Grissom - Wikipedia  Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926  January 27, 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts, a United States Air Force test pilot and a mechanical engineer. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the .... On July 21, 1961, Grissom was pilot of the second Project Mercury flight,...
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Michael Collins (astronaut) - Wikipedia  The turning point for Collins in his decision to become an astronaut was the Mercury Atlas 6 flight of John Glenn on February 20, 1962, and the thought of being...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., May 5, 1961 | NASA  May 2, 2016 ... Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. sits in his Freedom 7 Mercury ... He became the first American to fly into space. ... Apollo 15 lunar module pilot Jim Irwin salutes the U.S. flag on Aug. .... in July 1969 when Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy to land on the moon. ..... The mission also made Glenn an instant hero.
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Remembering Gordon Cooper | NASA  NASA mourns the loss of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper, who rocketed into ... A naval aviator, he would go on to fly to the moon twice, aboard Apollo 10 in 1969 ... The fuel aboard the Agena now would not only aid in maneuvering, it would .... the Gemini IXA spacecraft during one of their three rendezvous in Earth orbit.
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The Astronaut Wives Club - Scribd  The Mercury Seven astronauts were instantly beloved, embodying the country's ... Out in Enon, Ohio, Betty, new astronaut Gus Grissom's wife, was having a .... the reporters took note of how she pronounced her name; it rhymed with keen. ...... but his hatch door had blown prematurely and his capsule had flooded and sunk.
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JULY Roundup Working - Johnson Space Center - NASA  Here men from the planet Earth first set foot ... tragedy for NASA  from the first Space Shuttle ... landed nearly out of fuel, we all were very thankful that he was successful. ... Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, ..... On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., May 5, 1961 | NASA  May 2, 2016 ... Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. in Freedom 7 capsule, May 5, ... Just 23 days earlier, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first man in space. ... His spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, 302 miles from Cape ... the top of the Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft, Alan Shepard is hoisted into a...
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Retired NASA Astronaut, Test Pilot Gordon Fullerton Dies | NASA  Fullerton flew the Shuttle Enterprise during landing tests at NASA Dryden in 1977 and ... He also served as project pilot for a series of high-speed landing tests of .... An Armstrong F-18 was also used to test a radar system that helped land the ...... pilot Bruce Peterson was seriously injured in the lakebed crash of the M2-F2,...
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Another Moonwalker Gone: Apollo 14 Astronaut Ed Mitchell Has ...  Feb 5, 2016 ... Fellow Apollo 14 astronaut (and first American in space) Al Shepard died in 1998 at the age of 74; CM pilot Stu Roosa passed away in 1994 at...
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Gus Grissom - Wikipedia  Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926  January 27, 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts, a United States Air Force test pilot and a mechanical engineer. He was the second American to fly in space, and the first member of the ... In March 1951 Grissom received his pilot wings and commission as a...
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Mercury Seven - Wikipedia  The Mercury Seven were the group of seven Mercury astronauts announced by NASA on April 9, 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven or Astronaut Group 1. ... Of the seven, only John Glenn, who was the oldest, is still living; he went on to become a U.S. senator, and flew on the Shuttle 36 years later to...