Stephen Bowen (astronaut)

Steve Bowen
Bowen in April 2008
Born
Stephen Gerard Bowen

(1964-02-13) February 13, 1964 (age 60)
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankCaptain, USN
Time in space
226d 8h 43m
SelectionNASA Group 18 (2000)
Total EVAs
10
Total EVA time
65h 57m
MissionsSTS-126
STS-132
STS-133
SpaceX Crew-6 (Expedition 68/69)
Mission insignia
frameless.

Stephen Gerard "Steve" Bowen (born February 13, 1964) is a United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into space. Bowen has been on four spaceflights, the first three 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. His third was STS-133 in February 2011, and his fourth was SpaceX Crew-6 in March 2023.

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, he became the first and only astronaut to fly on consecutive shuttle missions. Originally Tim Kopra was scheduled to fly on STS-133, but had a bicycle injury shortly before the mission, and so he was replaced by Bowen.[1] On December 16, 2021, NASA assigned Bowen as commander of SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the ISS, launched in March 2023.

  1. ^ "NASA'S Shuttle Discovery Heads To Space Station On Its Final Mission". NASA. February 24, 2011.