I joined 6 friends from Virginia on May 7, 2019, to bike the 240-mile Katy Trail in central Missouri. Once the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad, the abandoned line is now a Missouri state park … [Read More]
TOM JONES
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About Dr. Tom Jones
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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Kliuchevskoi volcano's major eruption began 9/30/94, launch day for our STS-68 crew. We watched the eruption cloud… t.co/tyFKOoA6oG
On STS-68 (10/1994), our shuttle crew was awed by our night-time flights--as if on the tip of needle--thru the shif… t.co/2wnoPuEtue
Whenever I perceive life as too stressful, I recall strapping into #Endeavour 25 years ago with J. Wisoff, D. Bursc… t.co/WZNgw2MI2o
Recent Blog Posts
Earth Views from STS-98, Atlantis: Feb. 7-20, 2001
** 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]