President Ronald Reagan gets a laugh from NASA officials in Mission Control when he jokingly asks crew members, astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly if they could stop by Washington en route to their California landing site in order that he might come along. The STS-2 crew was in their next to last day on orbit when the conversation took place.
<p>From left to right standing:
</p><p>Terry J. Hart, NASA Deputy AdministratorDr. Hans Mark, NASA AdministratorJames M. Beggs, JSC DirectorDr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
</p><p>From left to right seated:
</p><p>CAPCOM, Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein President, Ronald Reagan
</p>
Directly above the President in the background:JSC Flight Operations Director, Eugene F. Kranz
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