[DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia [PAR] The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the 
NASA Space .... Delays in the previous mission, STS-61-C, caused the launch 
date to be ..... (The Columbia Accident Investigation Board later declared, after 
the 2003 ..... The U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology also 
conducted... [DOC] [TLE] Albert Scott Crossfield - Wikipedia [PAR] Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921  April 19, 2006) was an American naval 
officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of 
sound. ... Crossfield demonstrated his flight test skills on his very first student solo
. .... the task group assigned to investigate the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. [DOC] [TLE] Return to Flight...Challenger Accident - NASA History Homepage [PAR] Discovery had passed the point in its mission at which, on January 28, 1986, ... 
When Truly was named NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight, he told 
the .... several of the early unpowered tests of the shuttle, and had flown as pilot 
on the .... Committee on Science and Technology, Investigation of the Challenger
... [DOC] [TLE] Former Pilot Neil A. Armstrong | NASA [PAR] Neil A. Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA
) at ... of the committee investigating the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 
1986. ... View video of Neil Armstrong's seven years as a research test pilot for 
the .... Walker was named Pilot of the Year in 1963 by the National Pilots 
Association. [DOC] [TLE] Bush Chooses Former Astronaut to Head NASA, in a First - NYTimes ... [PAR] Apr 13, 1989 ... LEAD: President Bush today named Rear Adm. Richard H. Truly as the new ... 
Admiral Truly, a former test pilot, naval fighter pilot and space shuttle ... program 
and making the craft flightworthy after the Challenger disaster in 1986. ... space 
shuttle's main engines and led NASA's investigation into the booster... [DOC] [TLE] Challenger Disaster - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] On January 28, 1986, the tenth mission of the space shuttle Challenger ended in 
... the 1986 Challenger disaster, her backup, a former math teacher named 
Barbara ... included former astronaut Neil Armstrong and former test pilot Chuck 
Yeager. Their investigation revealed that the O-ring seal on Challenger's solid 
rocket... [DOC] [TLE] Challenger disaster - Jan 28, 1986 - HISTORY.com [PAR] At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off 
from ... and included former astronaut Neil Armstrong and former test pilot Chuck 
Yeager. The investigation determined that the disaster was caused by the failure 
of .... P. Frye, a four-masted steel barque built in Bath, Maine, in 1901 and named 
for. [DOC] [TLE] Capsule Biographis of the 100 Heroes of Aviation - King Schools [PAR] Pilot. The first woman to receive a pilot's license. In 1919, the Baroness set a ... 
Langley's free-flight tests of unmanned model aircraft were climaxed in 1896 by 
.... On May 20, 1927, in a Ryan monoplane named the Spirit of St Louis, he took 
off ..... of the committee investigating the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 
1986. [DOC] [TLE] Armstrong - Encyclopedia Astronautica [PAR] Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and ... As 
spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing ... of the 
committee investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. .... 
NASA's nine new astronauts were named in Houston, Tex., by Robert R. Gilruth, 
MSC Director. [DOC] [TLE] U.s. Names 12 To Probe Challenger - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] February 04, 1986|By Michael Hirsley, Chicago Tribune. ... Rogers, former 
secretary of state, would chair the committee, and former astronaut Neil ... Among 
those named to the panel are Chuck Yeager, the test pilot who was the first ... 
Meanwhile, the panel appointed by NASA to investigate the explosion and 
deaths of the... [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 1: The Fatal Fire - Space.com [PAR] Aug 28, 2012 ... The tragedy changed the

Question: In 1986 this former test pilot was named to the committee investigating the Challenger disaster
Answer: Chuck Yeager