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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee Named Prime Crew for First Apollo Mission in 1966
21 Mar 2024 20:23 GMT
… this day in 1966. (NASA Image)
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA … , 1967.
Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their … postponed crewed launches until NASA officials cleared them for … the spring of 1967, NASA’s Associate Administrator for …
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Roger That! Conference informs community on space exploration
19 Feb 2024 13:31 GMT
… originated in honor of Roger B. Chaffee, an astronaut from Grand Rapids who … sacrifices and struggles astronauts have faced. In 1967, Roger B. Chaffee tragically died … keynote speeches. Satcher was a NASA astronaut and specialist for the STS …
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Apollo 1 astronauts memorialized at long-abandoned…
04 Feb 2024 16:34 GMT
… hallowed ground by many NASA supporters.
Indeed, Cape … Mirror:Fallen astronauts honored during NASA Day of Remembrance … disaster not triggered NASA investigation and safety reforms … Roger Chaffee would prove himself most worthy of the title of astronaut …
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The three space tragedies that led to NASA's day of remembrance
01 Feb 2024 20:13 GMT
… how they affected space travel. NASA commemorates the tragedies the last … the deaths of astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee as flames … swept through the command module. NASA says …
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NASA's fallen astronauts honored during Titusville memorial ceremony
30 Jan 2024 00:41 GMT
NASA's fallen astronauts honored Sunday saw … memorial," said former NASA astronaut Michael McCulley.
McCulley piloted … II, and Roger Chaffee.
On Jan. 27, 1967, veteran astronaut Gus Grissom, … Christa McAuliffe.
Photo shows NASA's Challenger crew …
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NASA Challenger explosion remembered 38 years later
28 Jan 2024 18:54 GMT
… . NASA remembered the crew and other fallen astronauts this … Christa McAuliffe.
NASA remembered the fallen Challenger astronauts, as well … tragedy.
Along with experienced astronauts, the shuttle carried … White II, and Roger B. Chaffee perished in a fire …
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Former NASA Astronaut Frank Borman Dead at 95
10 Nov 2023 17:41 GMT
… the passing of former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who died in … pilot Ed White, and pilot Roger Chaffee. They were unable to open … field director of NASA’s Space Station Task Force.
“Astronaut Frank Borman …
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Today in History: Jan. 27, three astronauts die in fire during test of Apollo spacecraft
27 Jan 2024 05:44 GMT
… , astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died …
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Today in History: January 27, 3 astronauts die in fire during test of Apollo spacecraft
27 Jan 2024 05:22 GMT
… , astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died …
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‘Roger That!’ returns to Chaffee Planetarium
25 Jan 2024 20:52 GMT
… exploration and the life of Roger B. Chaffee. The program now in … its eighth installment is aptly titled, “Roger … and aviator, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.
On …