Kenneth Dale "Taco" Cockrell is a retired American astronaut, engineer and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1997 to 1998. Wikipedia
Born: 1950 (age 74 years), Austin, TX
Space missions: STS-111, STS-98, STS-80, and more
Education: University of West Florida (1974) and The University of Texas at Austin (1972)