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Roy Bridges
Director, NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center

Roy BridgesRoy D. Bridges, Jr., became the Director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center on March 2, 1997. He is responsible for managing all NASA's facilities and activities at the Kennedy Space Center related to processing and launch of the Space Shuttle, processing and integrating NASA payloads flown on both the Shuttle and Expendable Launch Vehicles (ELVs), final tests and preparations of International Space Station (ISS) and experiments elements to be delivered to the ISS by Shuttle, and developing spaceport and range technologies to improve safety and reduce the cost of access to space. Kennedy Space Center is also is responsible for the acquisition and launch of all NASA's expendable launch vehicles from launch sites in Florida, California, and Alaska. He manages a team of approximately 1,800 NASA civil service employees and 12,000 contractor employees.

 

 

Bridges is a retired U.S. Air Force Major General who held many key space-related roles during his career. Prior to his last USAF assignment at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, he was the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. He also was Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, FL; and Commander, 412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, CA.

As a NASA Astronaut, he piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51F in July 1985.

He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, earning a
bachelor's degree in engineering science. He received a Master of Science degree in astronautics from Purdue University, IN., and in May 2001, he received an honorary doctorate of engineering degree from Purdue.

He has received numerous awards and honors. Most recently, he was awarded NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal and the Presidential Meritorious Executive Award.

Bridges was born in Atlanta, GA, but grew up in Gainesville, GA. He currently resides in Cocoa Beach, FL. He is married to the former Benita Louise Allbaugh of Tucson, AZ. They have two
adult children and two grandchildren.

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