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Photos: Presidents And The American Space Program
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— Making an extremely long-distance call, President Ronald Reagan (seated at center) speaks with the crew of the second space shuttle flight from Houston in November 1981. He jokingly asked if they could stop by Washington en route to their California landing site so he could come along with them.
Making an extremely long-distance call, President Ronald Reagan (seated at center) speaks with the crew of the second space shuttle flight from Houston in November 1981. He jokingly asked if they could stop by Washington en route to their California landing site so he could come along with them.
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— NASA Administrator Robert Froscoch (right) shows a model of the space shuttle to President Jimmy Carter, first lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy during their visit to the firing room of the Launch Control Center at Cape Canaveral in October 1978.
NASA Administrator Robert Froscoch (right) shows a model of the space shuttle to President Jimmy Carter, first lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy during their visit to the firing room of the Launch Control Center at Cape Canaveral in October 1978.
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— President Bill Clinton sits at the controls of a space shuttle flight simulator at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in February 1994.
President Bill Clinton sits at the controls of a space shuttle flight simulator at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in February 1994.
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— Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush await the landing of the space shuttle Discovery at Edwards Air Force Base in California in October 1988.
Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush await the landing of the space shuttle Discovery at Edwards Air Force Base in California in October 1988.
