Stephen Bowen
Stephen Gerard Bowen (born February 13, 1964) is a United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into space. He graduated from Cohasset High School, Cohasset, Massachusetts in 1982, received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1986 and received an engineer\'s degree in Ocean Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. Bowen has been on three spaceflights, all of which were Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station. Having flown on both STS-132 and STS-133, Bowen became the first and only astronaut to fly on consecutive shuttle missions. Upon completion of the submarine training pipeline, Bowen spent three years attached to USS Parche (SSN-683) and completed qualification in Submarines on USS Pogy (SSN-647). After attending the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Ocean Engineering he reported to USS Augusta (SSN-710) for duty as the Engineering Officer. During this tour he qualified for command of nuclear powered submarines. Bowen is the first Submarine Officer selected by NASA. He was selected as astronaut candidate in July 2000, as one of NASA\'s Astronaut Group 18. He reported for training at the Johnson Space Center in August 2000. Following the completion of two years of training and evaluation, he was initially assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch while awaiting assignment to a Shuttle flight as a Mission Specialist. Bowen was originally assigned to STS-124 but was moved to a later flight to allow the Shuttle to rotate an ISS crew member.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-126 MSP 15.11. - 30.11.2008 15d 20h 30m
2 STS-132 MSP 14.05. - 26.05.2010 11d 18h 28m
3 STS-133 MSP 24.02. - 09.03.2011 12d 19h 04m
Total 40d 10h 02m
