The strong-willed director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, he failed to pass on warnings from engineers that the ...

William R. Lucas, a NASA rocket scientist who helped shape the nation's first satellite as well as its first space station, ...

In a conference call with NASA officials the night before Challenger was scheduled to launch, senior engineers including Allan J. McDonald declined to give their go-ahead, arguing that the mission ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former Director of the Alabama NASA Center During the Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Dies at 102 William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 ...

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space ...