Dr. James C. Fletcher
Description: Dr. James C. Fletcher served as NASA's fourth Administrator from April 27, 1971, to May 1, 1977 as well as its seventh from May 12, 1986, to April 8, 1989. During his first administration at NASA, Dr. Fletcher was responsible for beginning the Shuttle effort, as well as the Viking program that sent landers to Mars. He oversaw the Skylab missions and Viking probes and approved the Voyager space probe, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. During his second tenure, he presided over the effort to recover from the Challenger accident. Dr. Fletcher died in December 1991 of lung cancer.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: GPN-2002-000107
Date: Circa 1970
Dr. James C. Fletcher
Description: Dr. James C. Fletcher served as NASA's fourth Administrator from April 27, 1971, to May 1, 1977 as well as its seventh from May 12, 1986, to April 8, 1989. During his first administration at NASA, Dr. Fletcher was responsible for beginning the Shuttle effort, as well as the Viking program that sent landers to Mars. He oversaw the Skylab missions and Viking probes and approved the Voyager space probe, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. During his second tenure, he presided over the effort to recover from the Challenger accident. Dr. Fletcher died in December 1991 of lung cancer.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: GPN-2002-000107
Date: Circa 1970