Texarkana Gazette10h
William R. Lucas, NASA official blamed in Challenger disaster, dies at 102
William R. Lucas, a NASA rocket scientist who helped shape the nation's first satellite as well as its first space station, ...
New York Post10d
William Ray Lucas, ex-director of NASA center that shouldered much of the blame of Challenger explosion, dead at 102
William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle ...
Space missions that ended in disaster and changed history
Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space ...
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 ... across the country were watching the Challenger's launch and witnessed the ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Washington Post11d
Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102
William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle ... the Challenger’s launch and witnessed the televised disaster ...
U.S. News & World Report10d
Former Director of the Alabama NASA Center During the Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Dies at 102
Former Director of the Alabama NASA Center During the Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Dies at ... It was the deadliest U.S. space flight disaster at that time. The explosion killed all seven ...