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President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston, 1981. Creator: NASA.

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President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston, 1981. President Ronald Reagan gets a laugh from NASA officials in Mission Control when he jokingly asks Space Shuttle crew members astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly if they could stop by Washington en route to their California landing site in order that he might come along. The STS-2 crew was in their next to last day on orbit when the conversation took place. From left to right standing: Terry J. Hart, NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Hans Mark, NASA Administrator James M. Beggs, JSC Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. From left to right seated: CAPCOM, Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein President, Ronald Reagan Directly above the President in the background: JSC Flight Operations Director, Eugene F. Kranz.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

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HRM21B20_179

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Non

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Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

16,6Mo (652,2Ko) / 25,0cm x 16,6cm / 2954 x 1961 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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