Myron Samuel Malkin
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Myron Samuel Malkin was a U.S. administrator and physicist
. Malkin was the father and first director of the U.S. space shuttle program
from 1973 to 1980.
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
. Malkin was the father and first director of the U.S. space shuttle program
Space Shuttle program
NASA's Space Shuttle program, officially called Space Transportation System , was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011...
from 1973 to 1980.