WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – NASA will honor the late astronaut Naval Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the U.S. space program.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Wayne He, a senior at Forest Hills Northern High School, is the 2022 winner of the Roger B. Chaffee scholarship. The scholarship was started more than 46 years ago to honor the ...

An image taken from Spirit’s PanCam looking west depicts the nearby hills named after the astronauts of the Apollo 1. The crew of Apollo 1 perished in flash fire during a launch pad test of their ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Forest Hills Central senior Ashley Schenck has always looked up to her older sisters. A family of “high achievers,” the 17-year-old said she holds her two sisters, Sarah and Rachel, ...

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Since the flash fire that killed Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee last January, the Apollo program has been at a mournful standstill. Eyes previously trained on the moon have turned during the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two days of events in February will celebrate the life of astronaut Roger Chaffee and look at the history of space exploration. The Grand Rapids Public Museum and Grand ...

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A documentary being screened in town this week tells the story of Apollo 1 and its crew, including Grand Rapids native Roger Chaffee. “What I hope people will take away ...