Director, Langley Research Center, 1998 - 2010

Sub-Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSA 6, Series 3, Sub-Series 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: The Astronaut Career sub-series features Bridges' STS-51-F and STS 61-F "Files of Notes and Working Papers Related to Preparation," 1980 - 1986, and audio visual material directly related to the two missions. Also located in the sub-series are STS 51-F flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes and cards. A few items that can be seen from the STS 61-F, Centaur mission are Bridges' "Deficiencies and Notebook," which he was preparing to take to orbit, and a small black notebook, which contains, per Bridges, "notes on meetings and issues from the time of the Challenger mishap until I left the astronaut program to become Wing Commander at Edwards AFB (January - May 1986). Most of the meetings had to do with issues with the Centaur upper stage that was to launch Ulysses into polar orbit around the sun. Rounding out the Astronaut Career sub-series are issues of the newsletter, Space News Round-up, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, August 9, 1985 – June 13, 1986.

The second sub-series, Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, covers many annual reports, briefing charts, implementation plans, strategic plans, reorganization documents and other papers from Bridges' tenure as Director, 1996 - 2002. Please refer to the listing in the finding aid for material in this sub-series.

The third sub-series, Director, Langley Research Center, includes six backup discs for e-mail and files from duties at Langley Research Center (Mac/Eudora Email), "Speeches," Briefings, NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) papers, and Miscellaneous Documents. The last sub-series is NASA Publications. Found here are various NASA Publications that Bridges had collected over the years, 1978 - 2008.

Dates

1998 - 2010

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material is in English.

Access Information

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1.40 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

Arrangement

In August 2003 Bridges became director of NASA's Langley Research Center (LRC) in Hampton, Virginia. He served at the Langley Research Center until October 2005. Some of the highlights from this series included 6 back-up discs for Bridges’ email and files from his duties at LRC; speeches; briefings; reports; “NESC Press Releases/Articles/Letters” that contain a variety of items related to the startup of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center. (Note: Per Bridges, “Sean O’Keefe sent me to Langley along with Ralph Roe as my Special Assistant to set up the NESC to strengthen the independence and capability of NASA’s Safety Program.). There are a variety of other miscellaneous documents and material.