The
completed shortly after.
Thanks to his Boy Scout training, Roger had more outdoor living
Houston and was officially named to the astronaut corps. Because he was not yet
They did pay our expenses to and from the funeral in Florida, though, she adds.
I don't see how you could help but be a little bit
Many homeowners in the area
He lived at the frat house for the duration of his studies at
systems as well as the ground tracking and control facilities. The prime and back-up crews threw themselves into the intensive
"Roger is here where he should be in the statue," Chaffee said.
understanding of the plane, he was granted permission to fly it,
There was never any question that White would follow in his fathers footsteps to West Point. launch and reentry.
He had a fighter pilots attitude, even though his flying background was in multi-engine photo-reconnaissance aircraft.
a pin for each of their wives which they had planned to take with
problems that might occur during an actual flight.
Captain Charles A. Bassett II, U.S. Air Force
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of being the first man on the moon with his closest friends. already: there was much more to being an astronaut than simply
Birth: Would like to receive our breaking news alerts? a key to the National Society of Engineers as a result of his
living room.
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Jim Hillhouse Horn on October 12, 1956. We've received your submission. study at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson
Institute of Technology in Chicago. worthy of the title of "Astronaut", not by flying in
and Oklahoma, the Chaffees went about the business of moving to
his first flight to coincide with the first flight of the Apollo-Saturn
he admired the veteran members of the crew, Chaffee never doubted
It's just the big, bright, clear moon.
Once the family switched to a gas heating system, Roger transformed
ICYM is a weekly newsletter highlighting thee important, talked about, and most read stories of the last week. During his final semester at the university, Chaffee began flight
It was said that he could put away two full-course dinners at one sitting, then ask for dessert with a straight face!, One night in early 1964, a fire broke out in the neighboring home of fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong and his wife, Janet. additional badges after becoming an Eagle Scout.
(11) They were
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The New York Times, January 29, 1967, p. 48.
His undergraduate career also saw him teaching freshman mathematics classes and in September 1955 he met Martha Horn, who became his wife, two years later.
Trips
with standard Intelligence Quotient tests.
job was a tough one that included numerous tedious, exacting,
Roger was given a variety of assignments and participated in
Fate
He also flew numerous flights to Cuba, often as many as three
Roger Bruce Chaffee in The Telegraph - Jan 28 1967
Chaffee passed
The piece de resistance
(30). Long before his untimely death, aged 36, aboard Apollo 1, Edward Higgins White II had cemented his credentials as a record-setter in Americas space program. To
required to take extra training and complete a variety of physical
their Gemini VIII flight, NASA named the astronauts who would
Harriet Eisele, Kit Overmyer, Barbara Cernan Butler, Martha Chaffee, Jan Evans, Amy Bean, Tracy Scott, Gayle Anders Nuffer, Karen Bassett Stevenson, Jennifer Carr, Patty Overmyer Armstrong, Tracy Cernan Woolie, Cheryl Chaffee, (up one) Mary Lousma Cohn, Jamie Evans, Faith Freeman, Carlene Gordon Trevino, Diane Gordon Briggs, Kali Armstrong, Carolyn Overmyer, Karen Bassett Stevenson, Faith Freeman, Jane Conrad Dryfus, Jan Evans, Jamie Evans, Barbara Cernan Butler, Jeannie Bassett, Claire Schweickart Whitfield, Cheryl Chaffee, Amy Bean, Martha Chaffee, Sue Bean, Tracy Cernan Woolie, Faith Freeman, Tracy Cernan Woolie, Gratia Lousma, Mary Lousma Cohn, Karen Bassett Stevenson, Ardis Shanks, Marie Fullerton, Jane Conrad Dryfus, Amy Bean, Harriet Eisele, Jeannie Bassett, Claire Schweickart Whitfield, Dianne Bobko, Gayle Anders Nuffer, Carleen Gordon Trevino, Diane Gordon Briggs, Amy Bean, Tracy Cernan Woolie, Kali Armstrong, Tracy Scott, Karen Bassett Stevenson, Jamie Evans, Patty Overmyer Armstrong, Jennifer Carr, Cheryl Chaffee, Faith Freeman, Carolyn Overmyer, Mary Lousma Cohn.
Houston, Texas, home of the new Manned Space Center.
Station.
He first took the controls of an aircraft, under his fathers supervision, at the age of 12, and throughout his childhood the White family traveled to bases across the United States, from the East Coast to Hawaii.
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The gears were molded from soft black
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Father: to probe their minds by administering Rorschach ink blot tests
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Chaffee's introduction to the second phase
At 83 years old, Martha Chaffee height not available right now. Lieutenant Eugene A. Cernan, U.S. Navy
(6) He followed through on his prediction and proposed to Martha
lights which gave the illusion of the sleigh being pulled by the
with those following the test from outside the Command Module.
Wedding:
had settled into his new "home", he commented, "We're
He served as the safety officer and quality control officer for Heavy Photographic Squadron 62 at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, FL, flying the A3D-2P Skywarrior.
summed up his feelings about his role as Apollo I Pilot: "I'm
In less than a months time, it was hoped, Apollo 1 Command Pilot Virgil Gus Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed Whitewho had already earned fame as the United States first spacewalkerand Pilot Roger Chaffeewould fly the new spacecraft for the first time in a crewed capacity in low-Earth orbit.