** From Atlantis on STS-98 our crew looked back toward sunset over the Mediterranean on Feb. 13, 2001. In the foreground is the Albanian coast, with the island of Corfu partly under clouds at lower … [Read More]
TOM JONES
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Thomas D. Jones, PhD, is a scientist, author, pilot, and veteran NASA astronaut. 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.
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I could not agree more with Ross Douthat's review of the excellent documentary, "Apollo 11." Go see it on the big s… t.co/TXQu9bSerh
My view of Antares/Cygnus NG-11 launch Wed. from @NASA_Wallops . Thx to @NASA for hosting us thousands of rocket wa… t.co/eYGX5F90Im
From my talk, "Seeing Earth in a New Way": Endeavour’s STS-59 crew took this look on 4/18/94 at N & S Forks of Shen… t.co/gJl09VTOcM
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Training for STS-80 Columbia
Brought together in late 1995, the NASA and United Space Alliance training team for STS-80 is shown below, along with our space shuttle crew. We are posing in front of the Full Fuselage Trainer, a … [Read More]