Kevin A. Ford

Jay County’s very own NASA astronaut, Kevin A. Ford was born at Portland in 1960. On October 23, 2012, Ford was launched into space as part of Expedition 33 aboard Soyuz TMA-06M. Ford became commander of Expedition 34 on November 18, 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 33 crew to Earth. He, along with the crew of Soyuz TMA-06M, returned to Earth on March 16, 2013.