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Space Shuttle Program

Name: Space Shuttle Program – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1972Date range

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Chronological records

1972

Richard Milhous Nixon5 January 1972

Government / Republican Party Government

Authorizes a $5.5B space shuttle program. Approves the Space Shuttle Project

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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