Astronaut Biography: Roger Chaffee
- ️Joachim Becker
Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
Personal data
| Birthdate: | 15.02.1935 |
| Birthplace: | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 17.10.1963 |
| Selection group: | NASA-3 |
| Position: | PLT |
| Status: | died 27.01.1967 |
| Date of death: | 27.01.1967 |
| Place of death: | Cape Canaveral, Florida |
Spaceflights
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Additional information
Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University, 1957; Lieutenant Commander, USN; he died on the Apollo 1 launch pad fire on 27.01.1967, hobbies: weapons; music, flying.
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