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DATE: Saturday, February 3, 1996             TAG: 9602050073
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL   PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON 

NASA SPACE SHUTTLE CHIEF RESIGNS

Bryan D. O'Connor, 49, the head of NASA's space shuttle program and a former astronaut, resigned Friday after expressing concern to space agency officials about cost-cutting measures that will change the program's management structure.

His departure comes as NASA moves to transfer responsibility for shuttle flight operations to a private contractor. The Washington Post

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