West Riding of Yorkshire West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire (abbrev.: "County of York (W.R.)") is one of the three historic administrative subdivisions of the county of Yorkshire that were recognized in England from 1889 to 1974. The division was made in the past due to the great size of Yorkshire relative to other counties. The other two ridings are the North Riding of Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire (see map at right). From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, the area under the control of West Riding County Council was based closely on the earlier historic boundaries. The
Holly Ridings was responsible for the safety of the International Space Station crew during the SpaceX Dragon Demo. In September 2018 Ridings was announced as the chief flight director at NASA. She is responsible for 32 flight directors who are overseeing human spaceflight. She will oversee missions to the International Space Station, the Orion spacecraft as well as integrating trips of commercial crew spacecraft. Ridings won the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for Expedition 16 and the SpaceX Dragon Mission. Holly Ridings Holly Elizabeth Ridings (born 25 December, 1973) is an American mechanical engineer and the first woman to be chief flight director