Stephen Bowen (astronaut)
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, 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.
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Bowen in April 2008 | |
| Born | Stephen Gerard Bowen February 13, 1964 Cohasset, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 226d 8h 43m |
| Selection | NASA Group 18 (2000) |
Total EVAs | 10 |
Total EVA time | 65h 57m |
| Missions | STS-126 STS-132 STS-133 SpaceX Crew-6 (Expedition 68/69) |
Mission insignia | |
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. On December 16, 2021, NASA assigned Bowen as commander of SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the ISS, launched in March 2023.