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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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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

New York Post · 3d

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

William Ray Lucas led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

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NASA’s Hot Rod Pontiac Helped Design the Space Shuttle

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The Insane Engineering of the Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle was a groundbreaking achievement in aerospace engineering—combining the power of a rocket with the ...

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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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Challenger space shuttle explosion: Remembering disaster 39 years later

Engines throttling up three inches and 104 ... But we're still blessed with heroes like those of the space shuttle Challenger, Dick, Mike, Judy, L. Ron, Greg and Christian. Your families and ...

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The space shuttle Challenger disaster was 39 years ago. Share your memories

Read full article: INTERACTIVE: The NASA astronauts and employees who died in service to U.S. space exploration January 28th is a Day of Remembrance honoring the lives of the crew and teacher ...

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'Oh my God, no!' Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...

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