This is Us: Karol "Bo" Bobko
1,348 views · Published 18 January 2013 · 7:27 · Indexed 18 October 2026
Channel: KQED Food · 2013 · Education
Some people seem to have a destiny and that's the case with Karol "Bo" Bobko, a member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame. A resident of Half Moon Bay, Bobko grew up in New York and was a member of the very first graduating class of the Air Force Academy in 1959. After being accepted into the NASA Astronaut program it would take 12 long years before Bobko would achieve his dreams of flying in space. Bobko was the pilot on the maiden voyage of Challenger (STS-6) and he was the commander for Discovery (STS-51-D) and also commander for the maiden flight of Atlantis (STS-51-J). Bobko has also seen his share of heartbreak while working with NASA. He was close friends with the crew of the ill-fated Challenger flight that occurred on January 26, 1986.
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