Ford

Spaceflights:

N°	Launch spacecraft	Launch date and time (UT)	Status while launch	Landing Spacecraft	Landing date and time (UT)	Duration
1	STS-128 (Discovery/37)	29 Aug 2009 03h 59m	Pilot	STS-128 (Discovery/37)	12 Sep 2009 00h 53m	13d 20h 54m
2	Soyuz TMA-06M	23 Oct 2012 10h 51m	FE ISS-Exp 33	Soyuz TMA-06M	16 March 2013 03h 06m	143d 16h 15m
Total duration:						157d 13h 09m

No.	Mission	Description	Date
1	Soyuz TMA-04M	FE	15 May 2012

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1982; M.S. in International Relations, Troy State University, 1989; M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 1994; Ph.D. in Astronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1997; Colonel, USAF; Director, Plans and Programs, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California.
Unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut groups 15 and 16.
Hobbies: golf, running, reading, and music.

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