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Roy D. Bridges Jr.

1943 - Today

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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy D. Bridges Jr. is the 179th most popular astronaut (up from 399th in 2019), the 6,597th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,975th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Roy D. Bridges Jr. ranks 179 out of 556. Before him are Yi So-yeon, Edward Gibson, Boris Morukov, Valentina Ponomaryova, Lodewijk van den Berg, and Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov. After him are Christer Fuglesang, William H. Dana, Donald Pettit, Viktor Savinykh, Vladimir Solovyov, and Theodore Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Roy D. Bridges Jr. ranks 425. Before him are Mike Barrett, Ion Ciubuc, Gianni Motta, Giuseppe Gentile, Nahas Angula, and Yawovi Agboyibo. After him are Annette Messager, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, Peter Carey, Jaak Panksepp, Michael Morpurgo, and Lee Aaker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy D. Bridges Jr. ranks 6,598 out of 20,380. Before him are William Bonin (1947), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Kristin Chenoweth (1968), Eugene McCarthy (1916), and Nita Naldi (1894). After him are Paul W. Merrill (1887), Joe Lieberman (1942), Simon Helberg (1980), Mimi Leder (1952), Steve Bullock (1966), and Albert Collins (1932).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Roy D. Bridges Jr. ranks 80. Before him are Mike Massimino (1962), Michael Foreman (1957), Paul J. Weitz (1932), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Ronald McNair (1950), and Edward Gibson (1936). After him are William H. Dana (1930), Donald Pettit (1955), Theodore Freeman (1930), Robert L. Behnken (1970), William Shepherd (1949), and Rick Husband (1957).

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