Roger B. Chaffee Astronaut

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967), (Lt Cmdr, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward H. White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the then-Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, in 1967. Chaffee was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Navy Air Medal.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 15, 1935
Birth place	Grand Rapids Michigan
Nationality	United States
Date of death	January 27, 1967
Place of death	Cape Canaveral , Florida