Andy Thomas
Andrew "Andy" Thomas, AO | |
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Lahir | 18 Desember 1951 (umur 72) Adelaide, Australia Selatan |
Status | Pensiun |
Kebangsaan | Australia/Amerika Serikat |
Karier luar angkasa | |
Antariksawan NASA | |
Misi | STS-77, STS-89, Mir, STS-91, STS-102, STS-114 |
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Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO (lahir 18 Desember 1951) adalah seorang insinyur penerbangan Amerika Serikat kelahiran Australian dan antariksawan NASA. Ia menjadi warga negara AS pada Desember 1986 dengan tujuan dapat masuk program antariksa NASA.[1] Ia menikahi antariksawati NASA Shannon Walker.
Referensi
- ^ JPL NASA - Press release 1992 1430:(2 April 1992)Dr. Andrew S. W. Thomas has been selected as one of 19 new astronaut candidates for the Space Shuttle program
Bacaan tambahan
- Colin Burgess. Australia's Astronauts: Three Men and a Spaceflight Dream, Kangaroo Press, 1999.
Pranala luar
- NASA Astronaut Bio: Andrew S. W. Thomas (Ph.D.)(1/2008)
- Astronaut blasts lack of research into space (The Sun-Herald, 20 May 2004): Comments from Thomas about state of Australian space science
- Ri Aus - people in Science
- National Museum of Australia: A fragment of wooden propeller from the Southern Cross, flown by Charles Kingsford Smith in the 1920s and 30s, which was taken into space by Andy Thomas in 2001 to honour Kingsford Smith's aviation achievements.