Kenneth Todd Ham

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kenneth Ham
Kenneth Ham
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on June 4, 1998
(17th NASA Group)
Calls: 2 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		May 31, 2008
Landing of the
last space flight: 		May 26, 2010
Time in space: 25d 12h 41min
retired on May 31, 2012
Space flights

Kenneth Todd Ham (born December 12, 1964 in Plainfield , New Jersey , USA ) is a former American astronaut .

Ham received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1987 . In 1996 he earned a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School .

Ham entered the US Navy , trained as a naval aviator, and obtained his pilot's license in 1989. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School .

Astronaut activity

Ham was selected for NASA's astronaut program in August 1998. He was the liaison speaker ( CapCom ) for various space shuttle and ISS missions.

In the spring of 2007 Ham was selected as a pilot for his first space flight. The launch of STS-124 took place on 31 May, 2008.

During his second space flight he was given command of the STS-132 mission . The take-off took place on May 14, the landing on May 26, 2010. This was the penultimate flight of the space shuttle Atlantis .

According to NASA

Ham left NASA on May 31, 2012 and returned to the United States Naval Academy, where he taught. Ham has been working for Bigelow Aerospace on the BA 330 Crew and Cargo program since July 2014 .

Private

Ham is married for the second time and has two children from his first marriage.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NASA Astronauts Kenneth Ham and Nicholas Patrick Leave Agency. Space Ref, June 15, 2012, accessed June 17, 2012 .

Web links

Commons : Kenneth Ham  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Ham, Kenneth Todd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Plainfield, New Jersey , New Jersey