The man who led a NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion has died.

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 ...

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 ...

it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

USA TODAY's page one with the Challenger space shuttle explosion on Jan. 29, 1986. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America ...

Immediately after the explosion, NASA began working to ... 15 minutes before it was set to touch down at Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere, and pieces ...

WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan. 28 ...