Roger B. Chaffee - Grand Rapids, MI - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967), (LCDR, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward H. White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the then-Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, in 1967. Chaffee was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Navy Air Medal.

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A seven-foot-tall bronze statue of astronaut Roger B. Chaffee now overlooks a busy corridor in his hometown.

The statue honors Chaffee's sacrifice as America quested for a lunar landing in the late 1960s. Chaffee, a Grand Rapids native, died along with two of his colleagues in a fire during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission in 1967 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The statue of Chaffee was unveiled Saturday, May 19, at the northwest corner of East Fulton Street and Sheldon Avenue NE outside of the Grand Rapids Children's Museum.

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Hours: 24 hrs. Located in front of the museum. Fee (if no fee, enter 'none'): None Amount of time an average person would spend here: Less than an hour Accessible?: yes Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes How Long a Hike: Not listed

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