A student question came my way asking me which object holds the title of "largest known asteroid." Out in the main asteroid belt, beyond Mars and inside Jupiter's orbit, over a million asteroids … [Read More]
TOM JONES
ASTRONAUT SPEAKER
Scientist, Author, Pilot and NASA Astronaut
Speaking Topics
Tom’s Current Books
Space Shuttle Stories
Ask the Astronaut
Sky Walking
An Astronaut's Memior
Hell Hawks!
Planetology
About Dr. Tom Jones
In more than eleven years with NASA, he flew on four space shuttle missions to Earth orbit. On his last flight, Dr. Jones led three spacewalks to install the centerpiece of the International Space Station, the American Destiny laboratory. He has spent fifty-three days working and living in space. read more
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Lunch with an Astronaut - Skyland - Shenandoah National Park
My comments on #FoxNews yesterday about our imminent return to the Moon, and whether that progress will be fast enough for @NASA to arrive before other, less cooperative space powers.
Recent Blog Posts
Pad Flyby of Shuttle Discovery, 1993
On Aug. 18, 1993, I was flying a Cessna Citation II down to Kennedy Space Center for some test work on our upcoming mission, STS-59, when Rick Hieb and I arrived for landing at the Shuttle Landing … [Read More]
