Roger B. Chaffee
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Roger Bruce Chaffee was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.
Chaffee in 1964
Chaffee (sitting on hatch sill) during water egress training for Apollo 1
Chaffee at the consoles in Mission Control during the Gemini 3 mission
Apollo 1 crew, Grissom, White, and Chaffee
NASA Astronaut Group 3
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NASA Astronaut Group 3 was a group of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA for the Gemini and Apollo programs. The Apollo spacecraft had a crew of three, so more astronauts were required. Their select
Roger B. Chaffee
…the Air Medal. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1966. Along with thirteen other pilots, Chaffee was selected to be an astronaut as part of NASA Astronaut Group 3 in 1963. He served as capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for the Gemini 3 and Gemini 4 missions and received his first spaceflight assignment in 1966 as the…
Group 3 astronauts Back row, left to right: Michael Collins, Walter Cunningham, Donn Eisele, Theodore Freeman, Richard Gordon, Rusty Schweickart, David Scott, Clifton Williams Front row, left to right: Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Charles Bassett, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan, Roger Chaffee
U.S. Survey Geologist E. Dale Jackson (left), with astronauts (left to right) Bill Anders, Richard Gordon, Neil Armstrong and Donn Eisele during geological training in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Astronaut Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr
William Anders