Roger B Chaffee - Bio, Age, Wiki, Facts and Family

Born on February 15, 1935 (age 32) in Michigan, United States. He is a celebrity astronaut. He attended Purdue University (1954–1957). He died on January 27, 1967, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. He had 2 children Sheryl Lyn Chaffee, Stephen Chaffee. His spouse is Martha Horn (m. 1957–1967).

This NASA astronaut was killed in the 1967 Apollo 1 catastrophe, when a fire broke out during a pre-flight demonstration at Florida's Cape Kennedy (Cape Canaveral) Air Force Station. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His marriage to Martha Horn began in 1957 and produced children named Sheryl and Stephen.

Chaffee earned an Aeronautical Engineering degree from Purdue University and attended the United States Naval Academy and the Illinois Institute of Technology before joining NASA. He went on to serve in the United States Navy as an aviator.

He was one of the three capsule communicators assigned to the 1965 Gemini 4 mission.

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As far as we know He has died January 27, 1967 ( age 32)

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He and Virgil Gus Grissom were two of the three astronauts killed aboard the Apollo 1; Edward H. White was the third.