Roy D. Bridges Jr.

Roy Dubard Bridges Jr. is an American pilot, engineer, retired United States Air Force officer, test pilot, former NASA astronaut and the former director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center and Langley Research Center. As a command pilot, he has over 4,460 flying hours, and is a decorated veteran of 262 combat missions during the Vietnam War. He retired as a U.S. Air Force major general, last serving as the Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, from June 1993 until his retirement. He is married with two adult children.

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1943  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Roy Bridges Jr., Roy Dubard Bridges Jr.
astronaut, military officer, Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, honorary doctor of Purdue University, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, NASA Astronaut Group 9, United States, 

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  STS-51-F ⓘ
  human spaceflight

United States, 

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1943 Roy D. Bridges Jr.

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1985-07-29T00:00:00Z

1985 STS-51-F

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Roy D Bridges

Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-0492

Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-1842

Official portrait of Roy D. Bridges Jr., director of Kennedy Space Center KSC-03PP-1925

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Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-0492

Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-1842

Official portrait of Roy D. Bridges Jr., director of Kennedy Space Center KSC-03PP-1925

51F-06-013 - STS-51F - 51F crew activities - DPLA - aaedd363b67166171e19fcbb26d568a0

Nasa-9

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1985	STS-51-F	human spaceflight	Wikidata
commons	image		Roy D Bridges		Commons
commons	image		Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-0492		Commons
commons	image		Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-1842		Commons
commons	image		Official portrait of Roy D. Bridges Jr., director of Kennedy Space Center KSC-03PP-1925		Commons
commons	image		KSC00pp1583		Commons
commons	image		Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-0492		Commons
commons	image		Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-1842		Commons
commons	image		Official portrait of Roy D. Bridges Jr., director of Kennedy Space Center KSC-03PP-1925		Commons
commons	image		51F-06-013 - STS-51F - 51F crew activities - DPLA - aaedd363b67166171e19fcbb26d568a0		Commons
commons	image		Nasa-9		Commons