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[[Media:96-01-12.pdf|Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)]] G. Porter Bridwell retired after nearly 40 years of service at [[MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER|MSFC]] in Huntsville, Alabama. Bridwell had served as Director of [[MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER|MSFC]] from 1994 until his retirement. He left the Center with an annual operating budget of US$2.5 billion and more than 3,000 employees. Bridwell had spent most of his career at [[MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER|MSFC]], serving briefly as Acting Director of [[Stennis Space Center]] in 1987, and at NASA Headquarters from 1993 to 1994. Bridwell had also been a member of the space station redesign team. During his tenure, Bridwell had received NASA's Exceptional Service Medal, the Outstanding Leadership Medal, and the Exceptional Achievement Medal, attaining the rank of Meritorious Executive. NASA announced that J. Wayne Littles would take over as the new Director of [[MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER|MSFC]]. Republican presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan announced that he would cancel a controversial political advertisement using images of the [[Space Shuttle]] [[Challenger]] accident. Responding to harsh criticism from New Hampshire residents, Buchanan removed the footage of [[Challenger]] from the television spot. Buchanan stated that the purpose of the advertisement, his first in the crucial primary state of New Hampshire, was to demonstrate his service to President Ronald Reagan during difficult times. However, in the home state of teacher-astronaut [[Christa McAuliffe]], who had died in the accident, many residents felt that the campaign's use of the images exploited the event for political gain. The political controversy brought to the foreground the lingering public dismay over the lost [[Challenger]], even as the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy neared. Shuttle [[Endeavour]] lifted off from [[Kennedy Space Center]] ([[KENNEDY SPACE CENTER|KSC]]) in [[Cape Canaveral]], Florida, beginning a mission focused primarily on plucking the Japanese Space Flying Unit from orbit for analysis. Commander Brian Duffy led a six-person crew, which included Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata. [[Endeavour]] also carried a small satellite to deploy. [[KENNEDY SPACE CENTER|KSC]] officials delayed [[Endeavour]]'s launch for 23 minutes because of a series of communications problems between the Shuttle crew and the flight-control team. [[Endeavour]]'s flight was the first of eight Shuttle missions planned by NASA for 1996. *[[1996]] *[[January 1996|January]] [[Jan 1 1996|1]] [[Jan 2 1996|2]] [[Jan 3 1996|3]] [[Jan 4 1996|4]] [[Jan 5 1996|5]] [[Jan 6 1996|6]] [[Jan 7 1996|7]] [[Jan 8 1996|8]] [[Jan 9 1996|9]] [[Jan 10 1996|10]] [[Jan 11 1996|11]] [[Jan 12 1996|12]] [[Jan 13 1996|13]] [[Jan 14 1996|14]] [[Jan 15 1996|15]] [[Jan 16 1996|16]] [[Jan 17 1996|17]] [[Jan 18 1996|18]] [[Jan 19 1996|19]] [[Jan 20 1996|20]] [[Jan 21 1996|21]] [[Jan 22 1996|22]] [[Jan 23 1996|23]] [[Jan 24 1996|24]] [[Jan 25 1996|25]] [[Jan 26 1996|26]] [[Jan 27 1996|27]] [[Jan 28 1996|28]] [[Jan 29 1996|29]] [[Jan 30 1996|30]] [[Jan 31 1996|31]] *[[February 1996|February]]

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