Box 11
Container
Contains 31 Results:
Certificate of Completion, "through the Bible in one year", December 27, 1981
File — Box: 11, Folder: 30
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Roy D. Bridges, Jr. submitted his first application for Space Shuttle Duty (Shuttle Pilot Program) on February 19, 1977. He was not selected the first time he applied and reapplied on October 30, 1979. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1980. In November 1979 when informed of his selection by NASA, Bridges was assigned to Detachment 3 of the Air Force Flight Test Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada as a special projects officer. Beginning in July 1980 and ending in...
Dates:
December 27, 1981
Aero/Astro ALUMNI NEWS, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1982
File — Box: 11, Folder: 31
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 31
Scope and Contents
Features alumni, John E. Blaha, Roy D. Bridges, Jr., and Guy S. Gardner, upon their completion of training to become pilots on future flights of the Space Shuttle.
Dates:
1982
Letter, High Flight Foundation, James B. Irwin, President, January 15, 1981
File — Box: 11, Folder: 34
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Roy D. Bridges, Jr. submitted his first application for Space Shuttle Duty (Shuttle Pilot Program) on February 19, 1977. He was not selected the first time he applied and reapplied on October 30, 1979. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1980. In November 1979 when informed of his selection by NASA, Bridges was assigned to Detachment 3 of the Air Force Flight Test Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada as a special projects officer. Beginning in July 1980 and ending in...
Dates:
January 15, 1981
Clippings about fellow astronauts; "What's a doc for? Astronaut-doctors Bill, Anna Fisher credited with saving accident victim," December 31, 1980, and "First woman, black get space missions," (Sally Ride and Guion Bluford), 1980 - 1982
File — Box: 11, Folder: 35
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 35
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Roy D. Bridges, Jr. submitted his first application for Space Shuttle Duty (Shuttle Pilot Program) on February 19, 1977. He was not selected the first time he applied and reapplied on October 30, 1979. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1980. In November 1979 when informed of his selection by NASA, Bridges was assigned to Detachment 3 of the Air Force Flight Test Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada as a special projects officer. Beginning in July 1980 and ending in...
Dates:
1980 - 1982
Air Force Career, 1964 - 1996
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Major General Bridges' Air Force Career spanned thirty-one years. The nine sub-series follow his career path; F-100 pilot, 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron and Commando Sabre Operation (Misty), Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of Vietnam; Test Pilot, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California; Astronaut Application Process and Selection; Commander, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California; Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base,...
Dates:
1964 - 1996
Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents
The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates:
1950 - 2013