# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-bowersox
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:01:34.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-bowersox"
name: "Ken Bowersox"
slug: "ken-bowersox"
description: "Kenneth Dwane \"Sox\" Bowersox is a United States Navy officer and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS-73 at the age of 38 years and 11 months, he became the youngest person to command a Space Shuttle."
tagline: "American astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Bowersox_portrait_2019.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1956-11-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.16587733333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump