KD "Sox" Bowersox - 14.11.1956

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Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox został wyselekcjonowany w ramach NASA grupa 12 (1987).

Jest 271. człowiekiem w kosmosie.

Odbył 5 lotów kosmicznych, jako pilot i dowódca wahadłowca oraz dowódca Ekspedycji 6 oraz które trwały łącznie 211d 14h 12m 44s:

25.06.1992-09.07.1992 STS-50 Columbia/F-12 013:19:30:05
02.12.1993-13.12.1993 STS-61 Endeavour/F-5 HST SM-1 010:19:58:33
20.10.1995-05.11.1995 STS-73 Columbia/F-18 015:21:52:21
11.02.1997-21.02.1997 STS-82 Discovery/F-22 HST SM-2 009:23:37:07
24.11.2002-04.05.2003 STS-113 Endeavour/F-19 ISS-11A / Sojuz TMA-1 ISS-5S/EP-4/Odissea Jenisiej  161:01:14:38

Wykonał 2 spacery kosmiczne, które trwały w sumie 13h 17m.

14.11.1956 urodził się w Portsmouth w stanie Wirginia.

1974 ukończył Bedford High School w Bedford.

1978 ukończył US Naval Academy, uzyskując tytuł licencjata z inżynierii lotniczej.

1979 uzyskał tytuł magistra inżynierii mechanicznej na Columbia University.

30.09.2006 Bowersox przeszedł na emeryturę z NASA.


06.2009-12.2011 pełnił funkcję wiceprezesa Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance Department w Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX).

2019 został mianowany zastępcą administratora NASA.

10.07.2019 został pełniącym obowiązki administratora w Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate - HEO), zastępując Williama Gerstenmaiera.

18.05.2020  Bowersox ponownie został pełniącym obowiązki zastępcy administratora Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate - HEO), zastępując Douglasa Loverro.

12.06.2020 przestał zajmować to stanowisko, kiedy to mianowano Kathryn Lueders.

Został dyrektorem Space Operations Mission Directorate

05.2023 został zastępcą administratora w Space Operations Mission Directorate.

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bowersox_kenneth_0.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/people/kenneth-bowersox/

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/bowersox_kenneth.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/b/bowersox.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/b/bowersox-k.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00271.htm
http://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/bowersox-kenneth-duane.html
https://www.astronaut.ru/index/in_pers/13_139.htm
https://www.april12.eu/usaastron/bowersox271en.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bowersox
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bowersox

https://www.space.com/14286-ken-bowersox-quits-spacex-commercial-space.html
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/changes-ahead-as-nasas-human-spaceflight-head-plans-retirement/

GA https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5163.msg181428#msg181428

Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969 12:04 AM · Nov 14, 2025
14 novembre
Joyeux anniversaire (69) à Ken D. Bowersox🎂🎂🎂
(5 missions : STS-50 et 61 comme pilote / STS-73 et 82 comme Commandant puis Expedition 6 comme Commandant soit 211 jours 14 heures 11 minutes dans l'espace dont 13h17 dans le vide spatial en 2 EVA)

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1989107004443685206

Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts 9:30 PM · Nov 14, 2025
#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Kenneth Bowersox, who flew to space five times between 1992 and 2003 (STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, and STS-113), including as part of an expedition to the @Space_Station (Expedition 6)!

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1989430729130869010

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Astronauta podczas katastrofy Columbii przebywał na ISS.

A Chat with the Space Station Crew
Astronauts Share Thoughts on Columbia Tragedy February 22, 2003 12:00 AM ET

In the wake of the Feb. 1 loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-person crew, NASA has suspended all manned flights to space. But a few humans remain in Earth orbit -- the three-man crew of the International Space Station. NPR's Scott Simon spoke with the ISS astronauts about their reaction to Columbia's loss.

"The whole situation was very personal for us because we knew those guys who were on [Columbia mission] STS-107 very well," Ken Bowersox, the American commander of the Expedition Six crew, told Simon. "They were good friends. We had contact with them here and we shared a mission -- a mission to explore and a mission to do science in space. So it was very painful." (...)
https://www.npr.org/2003/02/22/1171198/a-chat-with-the-space-station-crew

Difficult re-entry
Marcia Dunn,Associated Press  |  Portsmouth Herald

(...) Bowersox's oldest son, age 10, knew one of the Columbia astronaut's sons. Pettit had been playing chess in space, via e-mail, with Columbia's pilot. So there will be those families, and the five other Columbia astronauts? families, for Bowersox and Pettit to visit.

Because the accident occurred on the weekend, Bowersox, Pettit and Budarin were off duty. But by Monday, two days after the tragedy, they were hard at work again. Bowersox wanted the crew to be busy, and he wanted flight controllers to be busy, too.

As the days passed, Bowersox kept the radio conversations with Mission Control subdued, out of respect for what had happened. (...)
https://eu.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2003/05/11/difficult-re-entry/51272897007/

https://abcnews.com/WNT/story?id=129830&page=1

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Ken Bowersox zapowiedział swoje odejście z NASA.

Eric Berger @SciGuySpace 9:12 PM · Feb 25, 2026
Ken Bowersox just announced he is retiring from NASA. This comes a week after the release of the Starliner report.

https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2026752287801061378

Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro·11h
A veteran of 5 Shuttle missions, Bowersox left NASA in 2006, becoming SpaceX's VP of Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance in 2009-2011. He returned to NASA in 2019 (to replace William Gerstenmaier) as Acting Associate Administrator for Human Exploration Operations.

Terry Corn @CornTerry5 4:26 AM · Feb 26, 2026
He was the last guy to talk with the space shuttle astronauts before they burned up over texas.  He then was stranded on the iss. He is serous about safety. I’m not sure how Bruce and Sunni flew while he was there. I feel that there’s a story

https://twitter.com/CornTerry5/status/2026861367190499550

Komentarz

Andrei Avram | AI Realist @RaZ3us 9:26 PM · Feb 25, 2026
The 'Old Space' exodus continues.

Bowersox retiring a week after the Starliner report isn’t a coincidence; it’s a white flag. When your tenure is defined by defending $4B paperweights and ignoring repeat hardware failures, 'retirement' is the only graceful exit left before the Isaacman-led audits start digging deeper.

The era of accountability has arrived. You can’t manage a 21st-century space program with a 1990s 'safety through bureaucracy' mindset. The VAB is full, the launchpad is empty, and the leadership that allowed it is finally clearing the room for people who actually want to fly.

https://x.com/RaZ3us/status/2026755680057631166

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Od 6 marca przechodzi na emeryturę.
2 kolejne nowe mianowania w zakresie załogowych lotów kosmicznych.

NASA Names Acting Leaders for Two Key Human Spaceflight Roles
Cheryl Warner Feb 26, 2026 RELEASE 26-021

Kenneth Bowersox previously announced his retirement, effective Friday, March 6, after which Montalbano will assume the role as acting head of SOMD.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-names-acting-leaders-for-two-key-human-spaceflight-roles/