William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102
The strong-willed director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, he failed to pass on warnings from engineers that the ...
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Key NASA Figure in Challenger Disaster Dies in Alabama: William Ray Lucas Was 102
William Lucas, a key NASA figure during the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, has passed away in Alabama at the age of ...
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 ...
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William Ray Lucas, ex-director of NASA center that shouldered much of the blame of Challenger explosion, dead at 102
Her inclusion on the flight meant thousands of schoolchildren across the country were watching the Challenger’s launch and witnessed the televised disaster in real time. A presidential ...
Perspective: We were mourning together. Then came the press conference
But it turns out, there was. The beautiful excerpt from the John Gillespie Magee Jr. poem “ High Flight ” that Noonan ...
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. William Ray Lucas was 102.
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'Oh my God, no!' Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago
The day after the explosion, a USA TODAY story said: "The Challenger disaster seems fated for a place beside the Kennedy assassination in the nation's memory. People will always remember where ...
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Remembering Space Shuttle Challenger and its crew 39 years later
Today marks 39 years since the Challenger disaster. Thirty-nine years since the pioneers of Challenger “slipped the surly bonds of Earth” to “touch the face of God.” (Space Shuttle ...
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Miller: Our nation needs a leader with empathy
Those of us who are old enough to remember the space shuttle Challenger disaster can tell you exactly when and where we first ...
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Tuesday marks 39th anniversary of Challenger disaster
Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.The shuttle ... was one of the seven crew members killed in the disaster. Crew members Dick Scobee, Mike Smith, Ronald ...