The Space Shuttle program, an enduring symbol of American ingenuity, came peril
This story first emerged during an interview with Chris Kraft, the former NASA [
https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Space_Shuttle_Col.. NASA launched the first space shuttle, Columbia, on April 12, 1981, from the Ke
NASA Administrator Robert Frosch took the crisis to Washington, presenting Pres
Carter's support for the shuttle is striking given his prior skepticism about i [
https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy_Carter_Vist.. Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and Amy Carter touring Kennedy Space Center on O
While some NASA officials, including Shuttle Program Manager Robert Thompson, d
In later reflections, Carter acknowledged his lack of enthusiasm for human spac
[ANS thanks Eric Berger, Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/, for the above in
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