Roy D. Bridges Jr.

Roy Bridges
Director of the Langley Research Center
In office June 13, 2003 – October 3, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Delma Freeman (Acting)
Succeeded by	Lesa Roe
Personal details
Born	Roy Dubard Bridges Jr. (1943-07-19) July 19, 1943 (age 81) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education	United States Air Force Academy (BS) Purdue University (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Major General, USAF
Time in space	7d 22h 45m
Selection	NASA Group 9 (1980)
Missions	STS-51-F STS-61-F (never flew)
Mission insignia

Roy Dubard Bridges Jr. (born July 19, 1943) 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,^[1] 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.