| 词条 | Ken Bowersox |
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| name =Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox | image =KenBowersox.jpg | type =NASA Astronaut | status =Retired | nationality =American | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1956|11|14}} | birth_place =Portsmouth, Virginia | occupation =Test pilot | rank =Captain, United States Navy | selection =1987 NASA Group | evas = 2 | eva_time = 13 hours 17 minutes | time =211d 14h 12m | mission =STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113 (up), Expedition 6, Soyuz TMA-1 (down) | insignia = }} Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox (born November 14, 1956) is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle launches and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS-73 at the age of 38 years and 11 months, he became the youngest person ever to command a Space Shuttle vehicle. BiographyBowersox was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, but considers Bedford, Indiana his home town. As a young boy, his family lived in Oxnard, California for seven years and he attended Rio Real elementary.[1] Bowersox is an Eagle Scout [2] and earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy before receiving his commission in 1978. He attended the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and graduated with class 85A.[3] He served as a test pilot on A-7E and F/A-18 aircraft, and was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1987. Bowersox holds the rank of Captain in the United States Navy. NASA CareerHe was selected as an Astronaut Pilot by NASA in 1987. Spaceflight ExperienceBowersox first flew as a pilot on the Space Shuttle missions STS-50 and STS-61, he commanded missions STS-73, a microgravity research mission and STS-82, a Hubble Space Telescope repair mission. Expedition 6He launched on STS-113 with Don Pettit and Nikolai Budarin for an extended stay aboard the ISS as the commander of ISS Expedition 6 in 2002 and 2003, returning aboard Soyuz TMA-1 rather than the Space Shuttle as a result of the fleet's grounding following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, which occurred during Bowersox's tour aboard the Station. During Expedition 6, Bowersox performed 2 EVAs with Pettit, totalling over 13 hours in cumulative EVA time. After NASABowersox retired from NASA on September 30, 2006. On June 16, 2009 he was appointed vice president of Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance at SpaceX. He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on June 8, 2010, four days after the first successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.[4] It was reported on January 17, 2012 that Bowersox resigned from SpaceX in late December 2011. Bowersox appeared on three episodes of the American TV show Home Improvement. Awards and decorationsBowersox is a recipient of the National Defense Service Medal with award star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and NASA Space Flight Medal with four award stars. References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/feb/08/local/me-station8 |title=Pupils Feared for Pen Pal in Space|publisher=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2010-06-10 | first=Sandra | last=Murillo | date=February 8, 2003}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/scouting_space.aspx |title=Scouting and Space Exploration |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |accessdate=2010-06-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000000/http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/scouting_space.aspx |archivedate=2016-03-04 |df= }} 3. ^{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=USAF Test Pilot School 50 Years and Beyond |publisher=Privately Published |year=1994 |page=240 |id=}} 4. ^NASA TV airing U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction on June 5 http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/jun/HQ_M10-085_Astro_Hall_of_Fame.html Attribution{{Include-NASA}}External links{{commonscat}}
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