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Title
Dr. James C. Fletcher
Full Description
Dr. James C. Fletcher served as NASA Administrator from April 27,
1971, to May 1, 1977, and from May 12, 1986, to April 8, 1989.
During his first administration at NASA, Dr. Fletcher was
responsible for beginning the Shuttle effort, as well as the
Viking program that sent landers to Mars. He oversaw the Skylab
missions and Viking probes and approved the Voyager space probe,
the Hubble Space Telescope and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
During his second tenure, he presided over the effort to recover
from the Challenger accident. Dr. Fletcher died in December 1991
of lung cancer.
Keywords
Dr. James Fletcher Administrator Challenger Viking Voyager Skylab Hubble Apollo-Soyuz
Subject Category
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA, NASA-Management, NASA-Administrators,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
fletcher01
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000107
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
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66 |
84 |
8 |
| Small |
JPEG |
471 |
599 |
213 |
| Medium |
JPEG |
1104 |
1403 |
1,365 |
| Large |
JPEG |
1 |
2806 |
7,153 |
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