NASA Honors Apollo Astronaut Roger Chaffee

U.S. Newswire, October, 2007

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

Contact: David E. Steitz of NASA, 1-202-358-1730, david.steitz@nasa.gov and Amy Noah of Purdue University, 1-765-494- 0164, arnoah@purdue.edu

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - 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. Chaffee's wife Martha will accept the award Saturday, Oct. 6, and present it for display at Purdue University during the halftime show of the Purdue - Ohio State football game.

NASA is giving the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the first generation of explorers in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs for realizing Americas vision of going to the moon. NASA also...

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