NASA’s sixth former administrator, James Beggs, passed away on April 23. He was 94. Beggs served as NASA administrator from July 1981 to December 1985. He was nominated by President Reagan for the ...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Former NASA administrator James M. Beggs, who led the agency during the early years of the space shuttle program and resigned after the Challenger disaster killed seven astronauts ...

James M. Beggs, the NASA chief who oversaw more than 20 successful space shuttle launches and who was on leave during the fatal Challenger explosion in 1986, died April 23 at his home in Bethesda, ...

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He was on leave during the Challenger disaster in 1986 and resigned shortly after what critics called a leadership vacuum. By Sam Roberts James M. Beggs, the NASA chief who oversaw more than 20 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Former NASA administrator James M. Beggs, who led the agency during the early years of the space shuttle ...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Former NASA administrator James M. Beggs, who led the agency during the early years of the space shuttle program and resigned after the Challenger disaster killed seven astronauts ...

WASHINGTON — James Beggs, who had a key role as NASA’s administrator in the 1980s in promoting the space shuttle program, then resigned soon after the 1986 Challenger disaster that left seven ...

James M. Beggs, who had a key role as NASA’s administrator in the 1980s in promoting the space shuttle program, then resigned soon after the 1986 Challenger disaster that left seven astronauts dead, ...