Scott J. Horowitz

Scott Horowitz is exactly the kind of person who leaves me in awe. A retired American astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions, he was also a military officer and aircraft pilot, and NASA honored him with the Distinguished Service Medal in 2002. Four trips beyond the atmosphere is almost impossible to fathom. That career demands a rare fusion of engineering intellect and raw courage, the willingness to ride a rocket and trust the math underneath you. I keep wondering what it does to a person to look back at Earth from orbit not once but four times. My admiration here is total and unqualified.

Name (English)

Scott J. Horowitz

Name (Japanese)

スコット・ホロウィッツ

Reading

すこっと・ほろうぃっつ

Born

March 24, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

Origin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

military officer / astronaut / aircraft pilot

University

California State University, Northridge

Awards & achievements

• 2002 NASA Distinguished Service Medal

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%84

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• military officer
• astronaut
• aircraft pilot

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.