Editing Roger B. Chaffee (section)

== Memorials ==
[[File:Apollo 1 KSC Mirror.jpg|right|thumb|alt=refer to caption|Chaffee's name, along with Grissom's and White's, on the [[Space Mirror Memorial]]]]
Chaffee is memorialized in many ways, from the [[Chaffee (crater)|Chaffee Crater]] on the [[far side of the Moon]],{{sfn|Byrne|2007|p=66}} to the [[Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium]] in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360413/traverse_city_recordeagle/|title=Grand Rapids Honors Chaffee|newspaper=Traverse City Record-Eagle|date=May 19, 1967|location=Traverse City, Michigan|page=27|agency=UPI|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084518/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360413/traverse_city_recordeagle/|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> When the [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport|Kent County International Airport]] relocated farther out in suburban Grand Rapids in 1963, the main runway of the original airport was repurposed into a major roadway and named Roger B. Chaffee Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statue of former astronaut Chaffee to be unveiled this Saturday|url=https://www.wktvjournal.org/statute-of-former-astronaut-chaffee-to-be-unveiled-this-saturday/|date=May 17, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2024|publisher=WKTVurl-status=live}}</ref> Another memorial is a hill on [[Mars]], Chaffee Hill, {{convert|14.3|km|miles}} south-southwest of [[Columbia Memorial Station]], part of the [[Apollo 1 Hills]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Martian Landmarks Dedicated to Apollo 1 Crew|url=http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/newsroom/pressreleases/20040127b.html|date=January 27, 2004|access-date=September 20, 2016|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101063413/http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/newsroom/pressreleases/20040127b.html|archive-date=January 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Regor'' (''Roger'' spelled backwards), is a seldom-used nickname for the star [[Gamma Velorum]]. Grissom used this name, plus two others for White and himself, on his Apollo{{nbsp}}1 mission planning star charts as a joke, and the succeeding Apollo astronauts kept using the names as a memorial.<ref>{{cite web|work=Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal|url=https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.postland.html|title=Post-landing Activities|publisher=NASA}} commentary at 105:11:33</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26566342|title=Derf, Dnoces, and other strange star names|last1=Rao|first1=Joe|date=September 5, 2008|publisher=NBC News|work=Space.com|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref> A terrestrial memorial is Chaffee Island, an [[artificial island]] off Long Beach, California, created in 1966 for drilling oil (along with White, Grissom and [[Ted Freeman|Freeman]] Islands).<ref>{{GNIS|255464|Island Chaffee}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27734345/the_philadelphia_inquirer/|title=Oil Biz: A Touch of Disney|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|page=14|date=May 27, 1978|via=Newspapers.com|agency=Los Angeles Times Service}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27734805/tampa_bay_times/|title=Is This An Apartment Complex...or an Oil Drilling Island?|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|page=14|last1=Gore|first1=Robert J.|date=May 19, 1978|via=Newspapers.com|publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> A park in [[Fullerton, California]], was named after Chaffee; parks were also named after his fellow Apollo{{nbsp}}1 comrades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27734593/independent_presstelegram/|title=Astronaut's Widow Dedicates New Gus Grissom Park|newspaper=Independent Press-Telegram|location=Long Beach, California|date=April 3, 1971|page=46}}</ref> Chaffee is named with his Apollo{{nbsp}}1 crewmates on the [[Space Mirror Memorial]], which was dedicated in 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27735356/muncie_evening_press/|title=Hoosier Among Astronauts Honored|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Muncie Evening Press|location=Muncie, Indiana|date=October 13, 1989|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27735498/muncie_evening_press/|title='Space Mirror': Memorial for 15 Dead Astronauts Unveiled at Kennedy Space Center|date=May 10, 1991|newspaper=Muncie Evening Press|location=Muncie, Indiana|agency=Associated Press|last1=Dunn|first1=Marcia|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Chaffee's name is included on the plaque left on the Moon with the ''[[Fallen Astronaut]]'' statue in 1971 by the crew of [[Apollo 15]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28921156/hartford_courant/|title=2 Added Moonshots Called for by Scott|agency=Associated Press|location=Hartford, Connecticut|newspaper=Harford Courant|date=August 13, 1971|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The dismantled [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34|Launch Pad 34]] at Cape Canaveral bears two memorial plaques:

{{blockquote|They gave their lives in service to their country in the ongoing exploration of humankind's final frontier. Remember them not for how they died but for those ideals for which they lived.}}

{{blockquote|In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice so others could reach for the stars. Ad astra per aspera (a rough road leads to the stars). God speed to the crew of Apollo 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmgww.com/historic/white/about/biography.html|publisher=The Official Site of Edward White, II|title=Biography|access-date=June 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010706/http://www.cmgww.com/historic/white/about/biography.html|archive-date=December 3, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}}

The Roger B. Chaffee scholarship named for him has been awarded annually since 1967 to exceptional students in the Kent Intermediate School District for high school seniors who will be pursuing a career in math and science.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360533/traverse_city_recordeagle/|title=Scholarship will be Astronaut Memorial|newspaper=Traverse City Record-Eagle|location=Traverse City, Michigan|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 27, 1967|page=19|agency=UPI|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084515/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360533/traverse_city_recordeagle/|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerbchaffeescholarship.org/|title=Homepage|publisher=Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship Fund|access-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011172334/http://rogerbchaffeescholarship.org/|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Chaffee Hall, an engineering building, was dedicated to him at his [[alma mater]], Purdue University, in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|title=Purdue Honors Roger Chaffee|agency=Associated Press|via=Newspapers.com|newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press|location=Escanaba, Michigan|date=April 27, 1968|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360293/the_escanaba_daily_press/|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084447/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23360293/the_escanaba_daily_press/|archive-date=September 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28881765/journal_and_courier/|title=Grissom, Chaffee Dedications to Honor Fallen Astronauts|newspaper=Journal and Courier|location=Lafayette, Indiana|date=April 26, 1968|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Virgil I. Grissom High School|Grissom High School]], Ed White Middle School and Chaffee Elementary School in [[Huntsville, Alabama]], were named for the Apollo{{nbsp}}1 astronauts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2017/01/apollo_1_fire_a_terrible_price.html|title=Apollo 1 fire: 'A terrible price to pay for an awakening'|date=January 27, 2017|publisher=AL.com|access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>

Roger That! is an annual event sponsored by the [[Grand Rapids Public Museum]] and [[Grand Valley State University]] that celebrates space exploration and the life of Chaffee, who was a Grand Rapids native.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grpm.org/rogerthat|title= 'Roger That!'|publisher=GRPM}}</ref>