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Box 49

 Container

Contains 9 Collections and/or Records:

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

STS-51F pre-launch breakfast, July 29, 1985

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Located in this sub-group are various photographs of Bridges in training; material from Bridges' involvement with the first Shuttle missions; STS-51F and STS-61F photos; certificate of commendation for Bridges' astronaut support activities; briefing notes and notes from speeches he gave. Also found here is a transition binder that has material from Bridges' NASA activities, but also items as he began his transition back to the Air Force, to serve as Commander, 6510th Test Wing...
Dates: July 29, 1985

"Not-selected candidate crew photo for STS 51F", 1985

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Located in this sub-group are various photographs of Bridges in training; material from Bridges' involvement with the first Shuttle missions; STS-51F and STS-61F photos; certificate of commendation for Bridges' astronaut support activities; briefing notes and notes from speeches he gave. Also found here is a transition binder that has material from Bridges' NASA activities, but also items as he began his transition back to the Air Force, to serve as Commander, 6510th Test Wing...
Dates: 1985

Roy Bridges, CAPCOM STS-6, during the visit by Vice President Bush to speak with the astronauts on orbit from the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center, April 8, 1983

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Located in this sub-group are various photographs of Bridges in training; material from Bridges' involvement with the first Shuttle missions; STS-51F and STS-61F photos; certificate of commendation for Bridges' astronaut support activities; briefing notes and notes from speeches he gave. Also found here is a transition binder that has material from Bridges' NASA activities, but also items as he began his transition back to the Air Force, to serve as Commander, 6510th Test Wing...
Dates: April 8, 1983

Bridges and Bob Stewart on the CAPCOM console during a mission, 1985

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Located in this sub-group are various photographs of Bridges in training; material from Bridges' involvement with the first Shuttle missions; STS-51F and STS-61F photos; certificate of commendation for Bridges' astronaut support activities; briefing notes and notes from speeches he gave. Also found here is a transition binder that has material from Bridges' NASA activities, but also items as he began his transition back to the Air Force, to serve as Commander, 6510th Test Wing...
Dates: 1985

Bridges and Brewster Shaw as entry CAPCOMs for the first hard surface landing for STS-4, June - July 1982

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents Per Bridges, "This photo is on day four of the mission and the landing was on July 4th and was attended by President Reagan."
Dates: June - July 1982

Bridges gets a Certificate of Commendation for his astronaut support activities from JSC Center Director, Jerry Griffin, undated

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Located in this sub-group are various photographs of Bridges in training; material from Bridges' involvement with the first Shuttle missions; STS-51F and STS-61F photos; certificate of commendation for Bridges' astronaut support activities; briefing notes and notes from speeches he gave. Also found here is a transition binder that has material from Bridges' NASA activities, but also items as he began his transition back to the Air Force, to serve as Commander, 6510th Test Wing...
Dates: undated

Bridges in a space suit for a training run at the neutral buoyancy facility at JSC (various views), 1980 - 1989

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Located in this sub-group are various photographs of Bridges in training; material from Bridges' involvement with the first Shuttle missions; STS-51F and STS-61F photos; certificate of commendation for Bridges' astronaut support activities; briefing notes and notes from speeches he gave. Also found here is a transition binder that has material from Bridges' NASA activities, but also items as he began his transition back to the Air Force, to serve as Commander, 6510th Test Wing...
Dates: 1980 - 1989

Program, 509th Bomb Wing, Dining In, Pease, AFB New Hampshire (Bridges was the guest speaker.), March 9, 1984

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Located in this sub-group are various photographs of Bridges in training; material from Bridges' involvement with the first Shuttle missions; STS-51F and STS-61F photos; certificate of commendation for Bridges' astronaut support activities; briefing notes and notes from speeches he gave. Also found here is a transition binder that has material from Bridges' NASA activities, but also items as he began his transition back to the Air Force, to serve as Commander, 6510th Test Wing...
Dates: March 9, 1984