| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
S81-39500 |
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| Date : |
11/13/1981
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Title
President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston
Full Description
President Ronald Reagan gets a laugh from NASA officials in Mission
Control when he jokingly asks crew members, astronauts Joe Engle and
Richard Truly if they could stop by Washington en route to their
California landing site in order that he might come along. The STS-2
crew was in their next to last day on orbit when the conversation took
place.
From left to right standing:
Terry J. Hart, NASA Deputy Administrator
Dr. Hans Mark, NASA Administrator
James M. Beggs, JSC Director
Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
From left to right seated:
CAPCOM, Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein
President, Ronald Reagan
Directly above the President in the background:
JSC Flight Operations Director, Eugene F. Kranz
Keywords
Mission Control Houston Texas STS-2 President Ronald Reagan President Reagan The Gipper Richard Truly Joe Engle Hans Mark James Beggs Christopher Kraft Chris Kraft Eugene Kranz Gene Krantz Dan Brandenstein Terry Hart
Subject Category
Astronauts, Space Shuttle, Presidents, NASA Management,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
S81-39500
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001655
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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