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 ...
Possible big cuts coming to NASA? Where Marshall Space Flight Center stands
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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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Director who led Marshall Space Flight Center during Challenger disaster dead at 102
(Tribune News Service) — William R. Lucas, who directed the Marshall Space Flight Center from a crucial time of expansion into one of its darkest hours, died Feb. 10, 2025, at his home in ...
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Marshall Space Flight Center holds Day of Remembrance ceremony
After each fatality, NASA said it has made spacecrafts safer with design and engineering changes. The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville held a special candle-lighting ceremony earlier ...
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Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102
Lucas was director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville when the Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, just 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the deadliest ...
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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 in Huntsville when the Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, just 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the deadliest ...
Key NASA officials’ departure casts more uncertainty over US moon program
WASHINGTON – NASA is losing four key senior officials close to its flagship moon program, according to people familiar with the changes, adding more uncertainty over the agency’s space exploration ...