Jan 24 1997
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (2MB PDF)
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin named Roy D. Bridges Jr., retired U.S. Air Force Major General and Shuttle astronaut, as Director of KSC. Goldin called Bridges "the right person to take KSC into the next century." As Director of KSC, Bridges assumed responsibility for the only site for launches of the Shuttle. At the time of Bridges's appointment, about 2,000 employees worked at KSC, along with 14,000 contractors. Bridges's appointment followed years of highly decorated service in the U.S. Air Force and NASA. Graduating with distinction from the U.S. Air Force Academy, he had served in several leadership positions in the Air Force and had received recognition as a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training and Test Pilot Schools. Among other awards, he had received the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal, the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal, and NASA's Flight Space Medal.
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