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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, and who later shouldered part of the blame for the 1986 explosion that ...
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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 Challenger, has died. Lucas was 102. Lucas died Monday at his home in ...
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Key NASA Figure in Challenger Disaster Dies in Alabama: William Ray Lucas Was 102
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 ...