“A slick, bigtime bunch of Washington operators,” astronaut Tom Stafford cynically ... Rounding out the Apollo 1 crew was Pilot Roger Chaffee, an energetic rookie. The plan was that they ...

On this date, Jan. 27, 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grisson, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died during a pre-launch test for Apollo 1. A flash fire swept through the capsule so quickly ...

White, 36, and rookie Roger Chaffee, 31, died in flames while lying ... home to comfort the family and Jim McDavitt, a Gemini astronaut, visited White's family. Wall Schirra, commander of the ...

The three Apollo 1 astronauts — Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom — were inside the spacecraft at the time, and all of them perished.

On Jan. 27, 1967, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were taking part in ... also has memorials to the crews of the three astronaut missions. Forever Remembered is a memorial ...

From left, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee. NASA holds a Day of Remembrance every year in late January or early February because, though decades apart, the agencies ...

This Friday and Saturday, join the Grand Rapids Public Museum and Grand Valley University for the return of “Roger That!” (Sponsored) ...

The goal of the Astronaut Memorial Foundation is simple ... including Sheryl Chaffee, daughter of Roger Chaffee, one the ...

Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been selected as the crew ... Frank Borman, the astronaut on the review committee, became the main liaison with contractor North American Aviation.