Roger Bruce Chaffee
Sign in to saveUnited States Navy commander, NASA astronaut (1935–1967)
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 76,845x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,972x
- An Integrative Model of Organizational Trust
· 1995 · cited 27,880x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,157x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Roger Bruce Chaffee , ( 1935-02-15 ) February 15, 1935, Grand Rapids, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- January 27, 1967 (1967-01-27) (aged 31), Cape Kennedy , Florida, U.S.
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology , Purdue University ( BS ), Air University
- Spouse
- Martha Louise Horn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 )
- Awards
- Congressional Space Medal of Honor Air Medal (2)
- Rank
- Lieutenant commander , USN
- Selection
- NASA Group 3 (1963)
- Missions
- Apollo 1
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Roger Bruce Chaffee (/ˈtʃæfiː/; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.
Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Central High School in 1953, and accepted a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship. He began his college education at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was involved in the fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma. He transferred to Purdue University in 1954, continuing his involvement in Phi Kappa Sigma serving as chapter president in 1956 and obtaining his private pilot's license.