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Parent topics
- Ronald Reagan [r]: Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. [e]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration [r]: Independent agency of the U.S. government responsible for the nation's public space program. [e]
- Space Shuttle program [r]: The current US manned space program which began with its first flight, STS-1, on April 12, 1981; also known as the Space Transportation System. [e]
- Space Shuttle Challenger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Space Shuttle Challenger disaster [r]: The disintegration of the Challenger shortly after takeoff on January 28, 1986. [e]
- Space Shuttle Challenger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Space Shuttle program [r]: The current US manned space program which began with its first flight, STS-1, on April 12, 1981; also known as the Space Transportation System. [e]
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Commission members
- William Rogers [r]: Chairman, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident ("Rogers Commission)", then in law practice. Former Secretary of State under Richard Nixon (1969-1973), and Attorney General under President Eisenhower (1957-1961) [e]
- Neil Armstrong [r]: Astronaut who joined NASA for Project Gemini, and first man to step foot on the Moon, Apollo 11, July 1969; Vice Chairman, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident then Chairman of the Board of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc. Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati from 1971-1980; appointed to the National Commission on Space in 1985. [e]
- David Acheson [r]: Member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, then in law practice; former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Communications Satellite Corporation (1967-1974) [e]
- Eugene Covert [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, at the time head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [e]
- Richard Feynman [r]: (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) An American physicist known for his scientific acumen, humor, and charismatic charm; drummer and painter of scandalous paintings; member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, then Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology; Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1965; staff, Manhattan Project [e]
- Robert Hotz [r]: Editor-in-chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine (1953-1980); member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, member of the General Advisory Committee to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [e]
- Donald Kutyna [r]: member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, and, at the time of his appointment, a major general smf Director of Space Systems and Command, Control, Communications, U.S. Air Force [e]
- Sally Ride [r]: Astronaut and the first American woman in space; member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident [e]
- Robert Rummel [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, who was, prior to the Commission, former Vice President of Trans World Airlines; member of the National Academy of Engineering [e]
- Joseph Sutter [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, then Executive Vice President of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company [e]
- Arthur Walker, Jr. [r]: Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, who was Professor of Applied Physics and was formerly Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at Stanford University. [e]
- Albert Wheelon [r]: First Director of Science & Technology for the Central Intelligence Agency; Member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and instrumental in the development of U.S. reconnaissance satellites; Member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, who was Executive Vice President, Hughes Aircraft Company at the time [e]
- "Chuck" Yeager [r]: First test pilot to achieve controlled flight faster than the speed of sound; Brigadier general, retired, United States Air Force; member, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident; member of the National Commission on Space [e]
- Alton Keel, Jr. [r]: Executive director, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, detailed from a post of Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget for National Security and International Affairs; formerly Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics [e]
