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Challenger artifacts intended for President Reagan recovered after 36 years [i]Artifacts that were recovered from the fallen space shuttle Challenger and prepared for presentation to the President of the United States have been recovered again, 36 years later, after they surfaced at auction among the collection of a NASA liaison to the White House. Little is known about how or why the late James Foster Fanseen, who died in 2000, had come into possession of the small American flag and crew patch that were mounted to a plaque and inscribed to "Ronald Reagan, President of the United States." Once recognized for it was, though, the artifacts were restored to the proper hands, now at the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California.[/i]
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