James C. Fletcher Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for James C. Fletcher, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

3 records1972–19733 events2 places

Chronological biography

1972

Mariner Jupiter-Saturn Mission1972

Science / Astronomy · NASA Administrator · Washington

Approves development of the Mariner Jupiter-Saturn project that becomes the Voyager program.

Pioneer 10 Launch2 March 1972

Science / Astronomy · NASA Administrator · Cape Canaveral

NASA launches Pioneer 10 on the first mission intended to make close observations of Jupiter.

1973

Pioneer 11 Launch5 April 1973

Science / Astronomy · NASA Administrator · Cape Canaveral

NASA launches Pioneer 11 toward Jupiter on a trajectory later extended to Saturn.

Titles and roles

NASA Administrator

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.