James C. Fletcher
James Chipman Fletcher (June 5, 1919 – December 22, 1991) served as the 4th and 7th Administrator of
NASA, first from April 27, 1971, to May 1, 1977, under President
Richard M. Nixon, and again from May 12, 1986, to April 8, 1989, under President
Ronald Reagan. As such, he was responsible for
Apollo Moon missions 15,
16, and
17, the early planning of the
Space Shuttle program, and later for the shuttle program's recovery and return to flight after the
Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' accident. Prior to this, he was president of the
University of Utah from 1964 to 1971.
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