Kevin A. Ford

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Kevin Ford
Born	Kevin Anthony Ford (1960-07-07) July 7, 1960 (age 64) Portland, Indiana, U.S.
Education	University of Notre Dame (BS) Troy University (MA) University of Florida (MS) Air University (PhD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Time in space	157d 13h 9m
Selection	NASA Group 18 (2000)
Missions	STS-128 Soyuz TMA-06M (Expedition 33/34)
Mission insignia

Kevin Anthony Ford (born July 7, 1960) 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 .