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Challenger shuttle program outlined by Rockwell leadership
The 1982 Challenger roll out at Rockwell Palmdale marked the start of a program in which Rockwell built all five shuttles and oversaw shuttle operations at Johnson Space Center. Rockwell chairman Robert Anderson expressed shock and pledged cooperation with NASA to determine the cause of the catastrophe.
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Challenger
Rockwell International Corp
Palmdale
Calif
Cape Canaveral
Rockwell
Enterprise
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Texas
Robert Anderson
Anderson
NASA
West Coast
Brian Daly
Columbia
Discovery
Atlantis
Daly
Lockheed Corp
Kennedy
SpaceLab 3
Space
North American Space Operations
Downey
Los Angeles
Edwards Air Force Base
High Desert
Edwards
Shuttle
New York Stock Exchange
Lockheed
Rocketdyne
Canoga Park
Ogden
Utah
Morton Thiokol
Martin Marietta Corp
Lockheed’s Space and Missiles Division
Sunnyvale
California
el Segundo
Johnson
Mission Control Center
Grumman Aerospace
Bethpage
N.Y