Roger Bruce Chaffee was chosen to be one of America’s first Apollo astronauts as part of NASA’s program to send a man to the surface of the moon and back. Tragically, the 31-year old native of Grand Rapids died along with his two fellow crew members when a fire broke out inside their spacecraft during a routine test on January 27, 1967. The photo exhibition “Roger That! The Life of Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee,” honors the 50^th anniversary of that tragedy and seeks to educate the public on his life and achievements. It is part of a two-day celebration that was hosted by Grand Valley State University and the Grand Rapids Public Museum on February 10 - 11, 2017. For more updated information, visit www.gvsu.edu/rogerthat

Dates:  
July 7 – October 27, 2017

Free and open to the public.

Location: 
Russel H. Kirkhof Center Gallery

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