CHALLENGER INVESTIGATION HEARINGS

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¶June 10, 1986 .......... 3 Hon. William P. Rogers, Chairman, Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger

Accident. Neil Armstrong, Vice Chairman. Dr. Alton Keel, Executive Director.

¶June 11, 1986 .......... 7 ...............Dr. James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA.

RADM Richard Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, NASA, accompanied by Mr. Edward Aldridge, Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC. A I M D. A!driih, Manager, N a f i a l Space Transportation System, NASA. Dr. William Graham, Deputy Administrator, NASA. Dr. Dan Germany, Leader, photo and TV Analysis Team, NASA. Capt. Robert L. Crippen, Astronaut, NASA.

¶June 12, 1986.......... 12 Dr. James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA.

Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager, National Space Transportation System, NASA. Mr. 1. Michael Weeks, Deputy Associate Administrator (Technical), Dffice of Space Flight, NASA. Dr. Milton A. Silvera, Chief Engineer, NASA. RADM Richard Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, NASA. J.R. Thwnpscn, Vw Chairman, NASA, STS 51-L Design and Data Analysis Task Force, NASA. Dr. William Graham, Deputy Administrator, NASA REPRESENTATIVES FROM NASA's TASK TEAMS Dan Germany, Deputy Manager, Space Station Project Office, NASA, Johnson Space Center. John Thomas, Manager Ad Hoc, Solid Rocket Motor Design Team, Marshall Space Flight Center. Thomas 1. "Jack" Lee, Deputy Director, Marshall Space Flight Center. Thomas Hollway, Chief, Flight Director Dffice, NASA, Johnson Space Flight Center. Thomas Utsman, Deputy Director, NASA, Kennedy Space Center.

¶June 17, 1986.......... 10 ............. Charles S. Locke, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Morton Thiokole.

Joseph C. Kilminster, Vke President, Space Opwatins, Morton Thiokol. Allan 1. McDonald, Director, SRM Verification Task Force, Morton Thiokol. Roger M. Boisjoly, Staff Engineer, Morton Thiokol. U. Edwin Garrison, President, Aerospace Group, Morton Thiokol. Carver G. Kennedy, Vice President, Space Booster Programs, Morton Thiokol. Arnold R. Thompson. Supervisor, Structures Design, Morton Thiokol. Dr. William Graham, Deputy Administrator, NASA, accompanied by Thomas Moser, Deputy Administrator, Office of Space Flight, NASA. RADM Richard Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, NASA. Dr. William Lucas, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center, accompanied by J. Wayne tittles, Deputy Director of Science and Engineering, Marshall Space Flight Center. Lawrence Mulloy, Assistant to the Director for Science and Engineering, Marshall Space Flight Center. Gerald W. Smith, Manager, Solid Rocket Booster Project, Marshall Space Flight Center. Stanley Reinartz (no comment), Manager, Special Projects Office, Marshall Space Flight Center. William Sneed, Assistant Director, Policy and Review, Marshall Space Flight Center.

¶June 18, 1986 ...... 5 ............... U. Edwin Garrison, President, Aerospace Group, Morton Thioko!.

Joseph C. Kilminster, Vice President, Morton Thiokol. Carver G. Kennedy, Vice President, Space Booster Program, Morton Thiokol. Allan J. McDonald, Director, SRM Verification Task Force, Morton Thiokol. Roger M. Boisjoly Staff Engineer, Morton Thiokol. Arnold R. Thompson, Supervisor, Structures Design, Morton Thiokol.

¶June 25, 1986 .......... 6 ............... Maj. Donald "Deke" K. Slayton, Brig. Gen. James A. McDivitt, Capt. John W. Young, Cot. Henry

¶W. Hartsfield. Jr.. Comdr. Robert 1. Gibson, Gen. Thomas Stafford. July 15, 1986........... 3 ............... George Jeffs, President, North American Space Operations. Roekwell International.

Richard M. Davis, President, Martin Marietta Michoud Aerospace. George Murphy, Executive Vice President and General Manager, United Technology Booster Production Co.

¶July 16, 1986........... 7 ............... E.D. Sargent, President, Lockhzed Space Operations Co. and Program Manager, Shuttle

Processing Contract, accompanied by Fred Haise, President, Grumman Technical Services Division. Carver Kennedy, Vice President, Space Booster Programs, Morton Thiokol. David Gwen, Lockheed Space Operations CO. and Deputy Program Manager, Kennedy Space Center.

CHALLENGER INVESTIGATION HEARINGS-Continued [Witnesses and total days of hearings]

¶Witnesses

Charlie Floyd, Systems Engineer, Lockheed Space Operations Co. James R. Dubay, President and General Manager, EG&G Florida, Inc., accompanied by Dr. Donald Kerr, Senior Vice President, EG&G Florida, Inc. George A. Faenza, Vice President and General Manager, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Ca.

¶July 23, 1986........... 2 ............... Alan M. Lovelace, Vice President and General Manager, Space Systems Division, General

Dynamics Carp. John F. Yardley, President, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co.

¶July 24, 1986........... 5 ............... Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative, Department of Defense.

Jesse W. Moore, Director, Johnson Space Center, NASA/Houston, Texas. Robert F. Thompson, Vice President, Space Stations, McOonnell Douglas Astronautics Ca. G.S. Lunney, President, Satellite Systems Division, Rockwell International. Arnold Aldrich, Manager, National Space Transportation System, Lyndon 6. Johnson Space Center. NAWHouston. Texas. Total............ 60 ..........

¶1 Continued from June 17, Morton Thiokol only.

CHALLENGER INVESTIGATION HEARINGS

THE ACCIDENT