posted September 16, 2005 08:50 PM               

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NASA Administrator Mike Griffin issued the following statement today upon the announcement that Roy Bridges, director of NASA's Langley Research Center, will retire from NASA.

"Roy Bridges has spent a lifetime in the service of his country, much of it with NASA. As both an astronaut and a center director, he has met all challenges, in good times and bad, with courage and competence. He will be missed by the entire NASA community."

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