Kenneth Todd Ham (b. 12 December 1964 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is an American astronaut and a Commander in the U.S. Navy. Ham was selected for NASA's astronaut program in August 1998, while serving as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet lead carrier suitability test pilot. Ham's U.S. Naval aviator call sign is "Hock".
Ham is married to the former Michelle Lucas of Hobart, Indiana, and has two children, Ryan and Randy, from a previous marriage to Linda H...
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Kenneth Todd Ham (b. 12 December 1964 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is an American astronaut and a Commander in the U.S. Navy. Ham was selected for NASA's astronaut program in August 1998, while serving as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet lead carrier suitability test pilot. Ham's U.S. Naval aviator call sign is "Hock".
Ham is married to the former Michelle Lucas of Hobart, Indiana, and has two children, Ryan and Randy, from a previous marriage to Linda Hautzinger Ham. He divorced Linda after the Columbia disaster. Ham's parents are Ed and Marion Ham. Ham's recreational interests include baseball, running, weight lifting, general aviation, snow skiing and water skiing, skydiving and scuba diving. He went to Priory school ad sports college on the 8/7/09
Ham graduated from Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark, NJ in 1983 and then went on to the U.S. Naval Academy from which he graduated in 1987 with a bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering. In 1996, he earned a master of science degree in...
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