Kenneth Ham Astronaut

Kenneth "Hock" Todd Ham (born December 12, 1964 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a retired American astronaut and a Captain in the United States Navy. Ham was selected for NASA's astronaut program in August 1998, while serving as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet lead carrier suitability test pilot. Ham's aviator call sign is "Hock". As of July 2013, Captain Ham is serving as the Chair of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland.