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Stephen Bowen
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Stephen Bowen

United States of AmericaACTIVEGovernment2008–2023
4
FLIGHTS
SPACEFLIGHTS
62
YEARS
AGE

Stephen Bowen is an active astronaut from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 4 spaceflights.

Stephen Gerard Bowen is a United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into space. Bowen has been on three spaceflights, all of which were Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station. His first mission, STS-126, took place in November 2008, and his second was STS-132 in May 2010.

In March 2011, Bowen completed his third spaceflight as a Mission Specialist on STS-133, which was Space Shuttle Discovery’s final planned flight. Having flown on both STS-132 and STS-133, Bowen became the first and only astronaut to fly on consecutive shuttle missions. Originally Tim Kopra was scheduled to fly on STS-133, but Kopra had a bicycle injury shortly before the mission, and so he was replaced by Bowen.

NationalityUnited States of America
BornFebruary 13, 1964
AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
TypeGovernment
StatusActive
First FlightNovember 15, 2008
Last FlightMarch 2, 2023