John Crewdson

The Reagan administration agreed Wednesday to allow representatives of the new Philippine government to examine crates of personal papers taken from Manila by President Ferdinand Marcos when he fled to...

In the face of public skepticism, such economies seemed crucial to the program`s survival. Democrats already were citing the shuttle as an example of profligate waste by the Nixon administration,...

The engines were not the only source of problems. Another was the ceramic tiles that were supposed to dissipate the fierce heat generated by friction as the shuttle re-entered the...

By far, the greatest tragedy of all in the shuttle explosion is the loss of the seven lives who were aboard the Challenger that day. But the loss of one...

For those who gathered there that autumn weekend, the little town of Tullahoma, Tenn., must have seemed at first an unlikely destination. Among the travelers were some of the country`s...

The pressure was intensified by the fact that not only was less money coming in, more was going out. The cost of the shuttle program was soaring. A good deal...