Roger Chaffee was a American aviator who risked his life in the name of exploration. On January 27, 1967 Roger Chaffee boarded Apollo 1 during a countdown demonstration. The spacecraft suddenly bursted into flames killing Roger and two other fellow astronauts. Prior to his death he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. This is one of the highest awards given by NASA and is awarded by the President. This is interesting to me because even though he has passed he still is recognized as a hero and he will never be forgotten. Though his death was tragic NASA has learned from their mistakes and now make it easier to open the hatch in the spacecraft making it easier to escape if a fire breaks out like it did on Apollo 1. In a way this
