Ken Bowersox

Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.

Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox 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.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Portsmouth

Education

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; United States Naval Academy; Bedford North Lawrence High School

Awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Eagle Scout; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-113Mission Specialist · Success · with Donald Pettit, Jim Wetherbee, John Herrington, Michael López-Alegría, Nikolai Budarin, Paul LockhartNovember 24, 2002 · 00:49 UTC
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-82Commander · Success · with Gregory Harbaugh, Joseph R. Tanner, Mark C. Lee, Scott Horowitz, Steven Hawley, Steven SmithFebruary 11, 1997
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-73Commander · Success · with Albert Sacco, Catherine Coleman, Frederick W. Leslie, Kathryn C. Thornton, Kent Rominger, Michael López-AlegríaOctober 20, 1995
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-61Pilot · Success · with Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman, Kathryn C. Thornton, Richard O. Covey, Story Musgrave, Thomas AkersDecember 2, 1993
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-50Pilot · Success · with Bonnie J. Dunbar, Carl J. Meade, Ellen S. Baker, Eugene H. Trinh, Lawrence J. DeLucas, Richard N. RichardsJune 25, 1992

• Expedition 6 EVA 26h 26m2003-04-08
• Expedition 6 EVA 16h 51m2003-01-15

• Expedition 6International Space Station · Commander2002-11-25 – 2003-05-03