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Director who led Marshall Space Flight Center during Challenger disaster dead at 102

President Ronald Reagan immediately appointed a commission to investigate and report on the circumstances that led up to the loss of the Challenger. The Rogers Commission report of June 6, 1986, faulted both NASA as a whole and the Marshall Space Flight Center, as well as contractor Morton Thiokol Inc., over lapses in engineering and management.

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William Ray Lucas, ex-director of NASA center that shouldered much of the blame of Challenger explosion, dead at 102

Lucas was director of the Marshall Space Flight Center ... explosion pointed to the shuttle’s solid-fuel booster rockets as the likely culprit and criticized NASA managers for not taking safety ...

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Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102

The man who led a NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion has died

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Boeing plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on NASA's SLS moon rocket: reports

Boeing is preparing to lay off roughly 200 employees working on the Space Launch System rocket as it braces for the ...

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NASA’s Hot Rod Pontiac Helped Design the Space Shuttle

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Future of NASA’s mega moon rocket appears in doubt following Boeing announcement

Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, has advocated for a Mars-first strategy and has previously called planned missions to ...

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Rockledge company ETA Space working to revolutionize how spacecraft are powered

Located in Rockledge, a NASA-contracted space company, ETA Space, hopes LoxSat can change how spacecraft are powered ...

As Trump Slashes Federal Jobs, Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ Braces for Impact

In Huntsville, a city fueled by defense and aerospace, there is anxiety but also cautious optimism that federal investment ...

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes Flight

NASA Blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles and bright exhaust from the solid rocket boosters mark the successful ...

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Best Lego space sets 2025: NASA sets, spaceships and more

Perhaps the best set on the market currently is the huge and realistic Artemis Space Launch System, which is based on NASA's actual rocket ... model of the Space Shuttle Discovery, it also ...

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