Rogers Commission Report

Commission members

• William P. Rogers, chairman and former United States Secretary of State and United States Attorney General
• Neil Armstrong, retired astronaut and first person to walk on the Moon
• David Campion Acheson, diplomat and son of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson
• Eugene E. Covert, aeronautics expert and former Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force
• Richard P. Feynman, theoretical physicist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Robert B. Hotz, editor, Aviation Week and Space Technology
• Donald J. Kutyna, Air Force general with experience in ICBMs and shuttle management
• Sally K. Ride, engineer, astrophysicist and first female American astronaut in space, flew on Challenger as part of missions STS-7 and STS-41-G. Later, she served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
• Robert W. Rummel, Trans World Airlines executive and aviation consultant to NASA
• Joseph F. Sutter, Boeing senior vice president and engineering program director on the Boeing 747 aircraft
• Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., solar physicist and Stanford University professor
• Albert D. Wheelon, physicist and developer of Central Intelligence Agency's aerial surveillance program
• Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, retired Air Force general and the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight
• Alton G. Keel Jr., executive director of the commission

  Commission witnesses

• Dr. William R. Graham, Acting Administrator, NASA
• Jesse W. Moore, Associate Administrator for space flight, NASA, and chairman, 51L Data Design and Analysis Test Task Force
• Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager, National space transportation systems program, Johnson Space Center
• Dr. Judson A. Lovingood, Deputy Manager, Shuttle Projects office, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Robert Sieck, Director of Shuttle operations, Kennedy Space Center
• Richard G. Smith, Director, Kennedy Space Center
• Thomas L. Moser, Director, Engineering, Johnson Space Center
• Richard H. Kohrs, Deputy Manager, National Space transportation systems program, Johnson Space Center

• Marv Jones
• Stanley Klein, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Jesse W. Moore, Associate Administrator for space flight, NASA, and chairman, 51L Data Design and Analysis Test Task Force
• Arnold Aldrich, Manager, National Space Transportation Systems Program, Johnson Space Center

• Mr L. Michael Weeks, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight, NASA
• Irvin Davids, Shuttle propulsion Division
• Lawrence B. Mulloy, Project Manager, Solid Rocket Boosters, Marshall Space Flight Center

• Dr. William R. Graham, Acting Administrator of NASA
• Jesse W. Moore, Associate Administrator for space Flight, NASA
• Lawrence B. Mulloy, Project Manager, Solid Rocket Boosters, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
• Richard C. Cook
• Michael B. Mann, Chief, STS Resources Analysis Branch, Office of The Comptroller, NASA
• Mr. David Winterhalter, Acting Director, Shuttle Propulsion Group, NASA

• Dick Kohrs, Deputy Manager, NST Program office, Johnson Space Center
• Charlie Stevenson, Photographic Team Analysis, Kennedy Space Center
• William R. Lucas
• Jesse W. Moore
• Milton Silveira
• Horace Lamberth
• Jim Harrington
• T. Jack Lee, Deputy Director, Marshall Space Flight Center, and Head, Marshall Contingency Investigative Team
• Mr. George Hardy
• Rick Bachtol
• T. Moser, Head, Failure Scenario Team, Johnson Space Center

• Larry Mulloy
• Jerry E. Mason, Senior Vice President, Wasatch Operations, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Robert Lund, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Roger Boisjoly, Structures Section, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Arnold Thompson, Design Engineer, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Allan J. McDonald, Morton Thiokol, Inc.

• Allan J. McDonald, Manager, SRM Project, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Jerry E. Mason, Senior Vice President, Wasatch Division, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Roger Boisjoly, Seal Task Force, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Arnie Thompson, Supervisor, Structures, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Robert Lund, Vice President, Engineering, Morton Thiokol, Inc.
• Joe Kilminster, Vice President, Shuttle Project, Huntsville
• Brian G. Russell

• Larry Mulloy, Manager, Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Program, Marshall Space Flight Center
• George C. Hardy, Deputy Director, Science and Engineering, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Stanley Reinarz, Manager, Marshall Shuttle projects Office
• Dr. Judson A. Lovingood, Deputy Manager, Marshall Shuttle Projects Office
• Charles Stevenson, Ice Team member
• B. K. Davis, Ice Team member
• Lieutenant Colonel Edward F. Kolczynski, Commander, Detachment 11, 2d Weather Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base

• Charles Stevenson
• B. K. Davis
• Lieutenant Colonel Edward F. Kolczynski
• Rocco Petrone, President, Space Transportation Systems Division, North American Space Operations, Rockwell International
• Al Martin, Site Director, Launch Support Operations, Kennedy Space Center, Rockwell International
• Bob Glaysher, Vice President and Program Manager, Orbiter Operations Support, Rockwell International
• Martin Cioffoletti, Vice President, Space Transportation Systems Integration, Rockwell International
• Arnie Aldrich, Manager, National Space Transportation Systems, Johnson Space Center
• William R. Lucas, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
• Jesse W. Moore, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters
• Dick G. Smith, Director, Kennedy Space Center
• Gene Thomas, Director, Launch and Landing Operations, Kennedy Space Center
• Ben Powers, Engineer, Structures and Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center

• Colonel Edward O'Connor Jr., USAF, Director of Operations, 6655TH ASTG, ESMC
• Robert Lang, Shuttle Operations, Mechanical Systems Division, Kennedy Space Center
• Carver Kennedy, Director, VAB Operations, Morton-Thiokol, Inc.
• Bill Barsh, Engineering Manager, External Tank/Solid Rocket Booster Operations, Lockheed Space Operations Company, KSC
• Thomas L. Moser, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight, NASA
• Dr. J. Wayne Littles, Associate Director for Engineering, Marshall Space Flight Center
• T. Jack Lee, Deputy Director, MSFC
• Gary Coultas, Assistant Manager, Orbiter Projects, Johnson Space Center
• George Hopson, Director, Systems Analysis and Integration Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center

• James R. Thompson Jr., Vice Chairman, STS-51L, Data and Design and Analyst Task force, Cape Canaveral, Florida
• Col. Edward O'Connor Jr., Chairman, Search, Recovery and Reconstruction, Cape Canaveral, Florida
• Dan M. Germany, Chairman, photo and television support team, Cape Canaveral, and Deputy Manager, Space Station Project Office, Johnson Flight Space Center, Houston, Texas
• Charles Stevenson
• George McDonough
• John Erickson
• J. Wayne Littles, Associate Director for Engineering, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Harold N. Scofield, Chief, Control Systems Division, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Robert S. Ryan, Chief, Structural Dynamics Division Systems Dynamics Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Garry M. Lyles, Propulsion Analysis Branch, Structures and Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Fredrick D. Bachtel, Thermal Engineering Branch, Structures and Propulsion Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center

• George Abbey, Director of Flight Crew Operations
• John Young, Chief, Astronaut Office
• Paul J. Weitz, Deputy Chief, Astronaut Office
• Bob Crippen, astronaut
• Hank Hartsfield, astronaut
• Rear Admiral Richard H. Truly, Associate Administrator for space flight
• Arnold D. Aldrich, manager of the space transportation systems
• Clifford E. Charlesworth, director of space operations

• Lawrence B. Mulloy, Manager, Solid Rocket Booster Project Office
• Lawrence O. Wear, Manager, Solid Rocket Motor Project, Marshall Space Flight Center
• Brian G. Russell, Program Manager, Department of solid rocket motor and Final Assembly
• Robert Ebeling, Department of solid rocket motor igniter and Final Assembly
• J.C. Kilminster, Vice President, Space Booster Programs
• Roger Boisjoly, Seal Task Force, Morton-Thiokol, Inc.
• George B. Hardy, Deputy Director, Science and Engineering, former Manager, Solid Rocket Booster office
• James E. Kingsbury, Science and Engineering
• Robert G. Eudy, former Chief Engineer, Solid Rocket Motor, Office of Associate Director For Engineering
• John O. Miller, Technical Assistant to Solid Rocket Motor Manager
• William L. Ray, Solid Rocket Motor Branch, Propulsion Division, Engineering Directorate
• L. Michael Weeks, Associate Administrator, for space flight, NASA
• Glynn Lunney|Glynn S. Lunney, former Manager, National Space Transportation Systems Program Office
• John R. Stocker, Assistant General counsel, corporate offices, Rockwell International, corporation