Karol Bobko
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Karol Joseph Bobko (1937 - 2023)

Col Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko
Born in New York City, New York, United Statesmap
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Died at about age 85 [location unknown]
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Biography

Father: Karol "Charles" Peter Bobko
Mother: Veronica Sagaitis

Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (born December 23, 1937), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a former USAF and NASA astronaut.

1937 Born in New York City, New York, USA.
1959 Bachelor of Science, United States Air Force Academy, member of the first graduating class.
1960 Joined the Air Force Awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross and Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
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Legion of Merit
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Flying
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1966 Selected by USAF in USAF Group 2. [1]
1969 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 7. [2]
1970 Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, his first of 2.
Meritorious
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1972 Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, his first of 3. [3]
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1979 Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, his second of 2.
Meritorious
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1981 Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, his second of 3. [3]
NASA
Exceptional
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1983 Flew on Challenger STS-6 as Pilot with Story Musgrave, Donald Peterson and Paul Weitz. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 3. [3]
STS-6
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Flight
1985 Flew on Discovery STS-51-D as Commander with Donald Williams, Jeffrey Hoffman, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Charles D. Walker and David Griggs. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 3. [3]
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* Flew on Atlantis STS-51-J as Commander with Ronald Grabe, David Hilmers, Robert L. Stewart and William Pailes. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his third of 3. [3]
STS-51-J
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1988 Retired from the Air Force and NASA. Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, his third of 3. [3]
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2011 Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [4]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, 1966
  2. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, 1969
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  4. Hall of Fame Bio

See also:

  • Wikipedia: Karol J Bobko
  • Wikidata: Item Q180499, en:Wikipedia help.gif
  • NASA Bio
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQPW-6SJ : accessed 18 December 2017), Karol Bobko in household of Charles Bobko, Assembly District 4, Queens, New York City, Queens, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-1270, sheet 4B, line 62, family 95, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2745.
  • Ancestry Profile




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