Kevin A. Ford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American astronaut
Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1960
Place of Birth: Portland, Indiana, United States
Profession: astronaut
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Kevin A. Ford
- Kevin Anthony Ford (born July 7, 1960) is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and a 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 5,000 flying hours and also holds FAA commercial certificates for airplanes, helicopters and gliders.
- 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.
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