The Challenger Learning Center of Northeast Alabama, set to open in 2026, will bring space-themed STEM education to middle ...

William R. Lucas, a NASA rocket scientist who helped shape the nation's first satellite as well as its first space station, and who later shouldered part of the blame for the 1986 explosion that ...

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He was 102. His family announced the death but did not cite a cause. By the time of the Challenger disaster, Dr. Lucas was serving as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center outside ...

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 ...

Those elements — and the climate at Marshall under Lucas’ direction — came under intense scrutiny when the space shuttle orbiter Challenger exploded Jan. 28, 1986, shortly after launch from ...

In an oral history about his career that Dr. Lucas recorded for NASA in 2010, the Challenger disaster was barely mentioned, and he did not address the deep problems raised by the presidential ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - With such a rich history in aviation, the Air Capital, unfortunately, has had its share of air tragedies. In addition to the lives lost on the Jan. 29, 2025, crash with American ...

William Lucas, a key NASA figure during the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, has passed away in Alabama at the age of 102. According to the New York Post, Lucas died at his home in ...

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 ...