Roger Bruce Chaffee (15 February 1935-27 January 1967), Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy—He was scheduled to fly AS-204 (1967, redesignated Apollo 1), but died with Gus Grissom & Ed White in a fire during a ground test of their Apollo capsule; Chaffee replaced Donn Eisele, who injured his shoulder in training; Chaffee was one of four Purdue alumni astronauts to attend the 1967 Rose Bowl.
Public Service Broadcasting, "Fire in the Cockpit" from The Race for Space (Space Cadet Mike Papa DSKY)
The Wayback Machine Tour of Roger Chaffee
"The Stars My Destination:" The Apollo 1 Disaster
"The Explorers' Club," No. XXXV
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