Kenneth Bowersox, born November 14, 1956 in Portsmouth, Virginia, is a veteran of five space shuttle missions.
His first trip into space was aboard Columbia (STS-50) as pilot in June-July 1992. The mission carried the first US Microgravity Laboratory into space.
His second trip was aboard Endeavour (STS-61) as pilot in December 1993. It was the mission that corrected the Hubble Space Telescope's "spherical aberration".
His third trip was aboard Columbia (STS-73) as commander in October-November 1995. He became the youngest person ever to command a space shuttle at 38 years, 11 months old.
His fourth trip was aboard Discovery (STS-82) as commander in February 1997. It was the second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
His fifth and final mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-113) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in November 2002. He served as commander for Expedition 6 with fellow astronaut Donald Pettit and Nikolai Budarin (Roscosmos). They returned to Earth in May 2003 aboard Soyuz TMA-1.
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