Kevin A. Ford
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Kevin Anthony Ford is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut. Ford has received a number of special honors and awards, some of which are the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Ford has also logged more than 6,100 flying hours and also holds FAA certificates for airplanes, helicopters, gliders, and balloons. Ford has served in many roles at NASA since his selection in July 2000. The roles include as a Capsule Communicator or CAPCOM. He was also the Director Of Operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia from January 2004 to January 2005. He was pilot of STS-128 and flight engineer 2 of Soyuz TMA-06M from October 23, 2012, to March 16, 2013. He served as ISS flight engineer for Expedition 33, and commander of Expedition 34.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | orbit | Soyuz TMA-06M | Kevin A. Ford, Oleg Novitskiy, Soyuz TMA-M, Yevgeny Tarelkin, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | orbit | STS-128 | Christer Fuglesang, Frederick W. Sturckow, John Danny Olivas, Jose M. Hernandez, Kevin A. Ford, Nicole Stott, Patrick Forrester, Timothy Kopra, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | spaceflight | 2012 | Expedition 33 | Akihiko Hoshide, Kevin A. Ford, Oleg Novitskiy, Sunita Williams, Yevgeny Tarelkin, Yuri Malenchenko, expedition to the International Space Station, | Wikidata |
| class | spaceflight | 2012 | Expedition 34 | Chris Hadfield, Kevin A. Ford, Oleg Novitskiy, Roman Romanenko, Thomas Marshburn, Yevgeny Tarelkin, expedition to the International Space Station, | Wikidata |
| commons | image | KevinFord | Commons | ||
| commons | image | KevinFord | Commons | ||
| commons | image | S128E007532 - STS-128 - Ford uses Cycle Ergometer on MDDK - DPLA - 31925e8f747d0152ab1274e101785e36 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | NASA Astronaut Group 18 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | STS-128 Crew Photo | Commons | ||
| commons | image | U.S. Astronaut Kevin A. Ford (Notre Dame alum) in 2009. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | U.S. Astronaut Kevin A. Ford (Notre Dame alum) in 2009. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | STS-128 Mission Poster | Commons | ||
| commons | image | STS-128 crew members alongside the Astrovan | Commons | ||
| commons | image | STS-128 ISS-20 Destiny | Commons | ||








