1.11.2015

Roger Chaffee's Wife - Martha Chaffee

Martha Louise Horn, wife of Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Bruce Chaffee, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1955. 

Here she is as a sophomore, from the 1953 yearbook ("The Orbit"), with the school symbol, a falling star:



Martha, a stand-out beauty at just 15, was a  "Classettes" cheerleader at Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1953. {left, below}












































Martha's parents recognized the unique gifts of their beautiful daughter, and supported her application to Purdue University in Indiana; a university that attracted many promising engineers - and is regarded as the cradle of astronauts.

Speaking of astronauts... Martha Louise Horn met future astronaut Roger Bruce Chaffee while they were both students at Purdue University.

Here is Roger Chaffee in the 1957 Purdue University yearbook:.

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