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Profile of Andrew James Thomas
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2nd March 1984 |
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Monterey, California, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Andrew "Andy" S.W. Thomas (b. December 18, 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian-born American astronaut working for NASA.
Education
Thomas received a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering, with First Class Honors, from the University of Adelaide in 1973, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Adelaide in 1978.
Astronaut Experience
In August 1993, following one year of training, he was appointed a member of the astronaut corps and was qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flight crews.
In June 1995 Dr. Thomas was named as payload commander for STS-77 and flew his first flight in space on Space Shuttle Endeavour in May 1996. He next trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia in preparation for a long-duration flight. In 1998, he served as Board Engineer 2 aboard the Russian Space Station Mir for 130 days. Dr. Thomas completed his third space flight on STS-102 and has logged over 163 days in space.
Dr. Thomas has served as Deputy Chief of NASA's Astronaut Office.
He is a Mission Specialist for the STS-114 Space Shuihuttle Discovery "return to flight" mission that launched at 14:39 UTC, 26 July 2005.
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