About
United States Air Force officer and test pilot and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut. He participated in several space missions, including STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M, and Expeditions 33 and 34.
Before Fame
He received degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame (B.S.), the University of Florida (M.S.), and the Air Force Institute of Technology (Ph.D.).
Trivia
From 2004-2005, he directed Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Family Life
He was born in Indiana to Barbara and Clayton Ford. His marriage to Kelly Bennett produced a son and a daughter.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of Wisconsin-born astronaut Leroy Chiao.
