NASA Bill Gries

Recently retired Edwards Air Force Base airspace manager Bill Gries has been honored with a NASA "Silver Snoopy" award for his service as coordinator of space shuttle landing contingency support at Edwards. NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins presented the award to Mr. Gries during a brief ceremony at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center June 14. A former air traffic controller at Edwards, Gries coordinated all space shuttle landing support activities from Department of Defense facilities in the high desert area, including the Naval Air Warfare Station at China Lake and Fort Irwin, Calif. (NASA photo by Tony Landis)

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