{"id":96745,"date":"2019-07-11T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-362614"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:12:52","slug":"kenneth-bowersox","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/kenneth-bowersox\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Bowersox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Kenneth Bowersox, Associate Administrator (Acting) for Human Exploration and Operations\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 53% 24%; object-position: 53% 24%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg 4422w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=1639,2048 1639w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ken_bowersox_portrait.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Kenneth Bowersox<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Associate Administrator for Space Operations<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-monochrome\"><li class=\"social-icon social-icon-twitter social-icon-x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASASpaceOps\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" on X.\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"1200\" height=\"1227\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 1227\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M714.163 519.284L1160.89 0H1055.03L667.137 450.887L357.328 0H0L468.492 681.821L0 1226.37H105.866L515.491 750.218L842.672 1226.37H1200L714.137 519.284H714.163ZM569.165 687.828L521.697 619.934L144.011 79.6944H306.615L611.412 515.685L658.88 583.579L1055.08 1150.3H892.476L569.165 687.854V687.828Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kenneth Bowersox is the associate administrator for NASA\u2019s <a href=\"\/nasa-directorates\/space-operations\/\" data-type=\"topic\">Space Operations Mission Directorate<\/a>. Before being appointed to that position, Bowersox served as deputy associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate. Bowersox also served as the Interim Chair of the NASA Advisory Council from June 2016 to January 2017. He is a retired U.S. Naval Aviator, with over 19 years of experience at NASA. Selected to the astronaut corps in 1987, he has flown five times on NASA\u2019s <a href=\"\/mission\/space-shuttle-missions\/\">space shuttle<\/a>, serving as pilot, commander and mission specialist, and once on a Roscosmos <a href=\"\/international-partner-rockets-and-spacecraft\/#SoyuzCrew\">Soyuz<\/a>, where he served as the flight engineer during descent. During his five orbital missions, Bowersox has logged over 211 days in space, including five and a half months aboard the <a href=\"\/international-space-station\/\">International Space Station<\/a>, where he was the mission commander of the 6th expedition. He was also a crew member for the first two <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> repair flights and two United States microgravity laboratory flights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequent to his mission aboard the International Space Station, Bowersox served as the director of the NASA’s <a href=\"\/johnson\/\">Johnson Space Center<\/a> Flight Crew Operations Directorate in Houston, retiring from NASA and the U.S. Navy in December 2006. After retirement, he remained involved with the U.S. space exploration program as a member of the standing review boards for the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and the Constellation Programs. From 2009-2011, Bowersox was the Vice President of Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance at SpaceX. Ken also worked as an independent technical consultant, advising clients on spacecraft design, proposal development, and providing independent assessment of technical programs. He joined the NASA Advisory Council in November 2013, and served as Chair of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Bowersox is the associate administrator for NASA\u2019s Space Operations Mission Directorate. Before being appointed to that position, Bowersox served as deputy associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate. Bowersox also served as the Interim Chair of the NASA Advisory Council from June 2016 to January 2017. 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