Born 1950s.
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox (born November 14, 1956) is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut.
1956
| Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
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1978
| Batchelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Columbia University.
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1979
| Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy.
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1987
| Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 12. [1]
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1992
| Flew on Columbia STS-50 as Pilot with Richard Richards, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ellen S. Baker, Carl Meade, Lawrence J. DeLucas and Eugene Trinh. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 5. [2]
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STS-50
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NASA Space Flight
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1993
| Flew on Endeavour STS-61 as Pilot with Richard O. Covey, Kathryn Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman, Story Musgrave and Thomas Akers.
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STS-61
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1994
| Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 5. [2]
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1995
| Flew on Columbia STS-73 as Commander with Kent Rominger, Catherine Coleman, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Kathryn Thornton, Frederick W. Leslie and Albert Sacco. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his third of 5. [2]
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STS-73
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NASA Exceptional Service
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NASA Space Flight
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1996
| Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. [2]
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1997
| Flew on Discovery STS-82 as Commander with Scott Horowitz, Joseph R. Tanner, Steven Hawley, Gregory Harbaugh, Mark C. Lee and Steven Smith. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fourth of 5. [2]
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STS-82
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NASA Space Flight
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1998
| Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his first of 2. [2]
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NASA Distinguished Service
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2002
| Flew on Endeavour STS-113 as MS3 with James Wetherbee, Paul Lockhart, Michael Lopez-Alegria, John Herrington, Nikolai Budarin and Donald Pettit. Returned on Soyuz TMA-1.
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STS-113
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2003
| Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his second of 2 and the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fifth of 5. [2]
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NASA Distinguished Service
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2006
| Retired from NASA and the Navy.
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2010
| Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [3]
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Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
- ↑ Hall of Fame Bio
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