Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted January 9, 2012 Showmasters Admin Share Posted January 9, 2012 latest Guest Announcement Astronaut DONALD A THOMAS NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA Dr. Thomas became an astronaut in July 1991. Dr. Thomas has served in the Safety, Operations Development, and Payloads Branches of the Astronaut Office. He was CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) for Shuttle missions STS-47, 52 and 53. From July 1999 to June 2000 he was Director of Operations for NASA at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 1,040 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-65 (July 8-23, 1994) STS-70 (July 13-22, 1995) STS-83 (April 4-8, 1997) STS-94 (July 1-17, 1997) In his last assignment he served as the International Space Station Program Scientist overseeing NASA experiments performed on the ISS. Dr. Thomas retired from NASA in July 2007 in order to pursue private interests. He is a private pilot with over 250 hours in single engine land aircraft and gliders, and over 800 hours flying as mission specialist in NASA T-38 jet aircraft. In 1988 he joined NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center as a Materials Engineer. His work involved lifetime projections of advanced composite materials for use on Space Station Freedom. He was also a Principal Investigator for the Microgravity Disturbances Experiment, a middeck crystal growth experiment which flew on STS-32 in January 1990. This experiment investigated the effects of Orbiter and crew-induced disturbances on the growth of crystals in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Fooku Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Good stuff, unlike the last show where I was woefully under prepared, I now have a 16x12 shuttle photo to start off at this event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leacroft Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 excellent guest. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForAllMankind Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Looking forward to adding another Shuttle astronaut to my collection, one I havent met and interested in speaking quickly with him about his flights as the queue isnt too big, cheers Showmasters you never fail to please us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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