Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1985.
1Flight
7d 22hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Atlanta
- Education
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; United States Air Force Academy; Purdue University
- Awards
- Air Force Distinguished Service Medal; Air Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; honorary doctor of Purdue University; Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-FJuly 29, 1985 · 21:00 UTC
Born 1943-07-19 · age 83