Kenneth Duane "Sox" Bowersox (born November 14, 1956 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an engineer, United States Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.
Raised in Bedford, Indiana, he also lived in Oxnard CA and attended rio real school for seven years, Bowersox is an Eagle Scout. Bowersox attended the United States Naval Academy and earned a...
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Kenneth Duane "Sox" Bowersox (born November 14, 1956 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an engineer, United States Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.
Raised in Bedford, Indiana, he also lived in Oxnard CA and attended rio real school for seven years, Bowersox is an Eagle Scout. Bowersox attended the United States Naval Academy and earned a degree in aerospace engineering before receiving his commission in 1978. He attended the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and graduated with class 85A. 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. Bowersox 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. He then launched on STS-113 with...
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