Andy Thomas

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Andy Thomas
Born
Andrew Sydney Withiel Thomas

(1951-12-18) 18 December 1951 (age 72)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian American
EducationUniversity of Adelaide (BEng, PhD)
SpouseShannon Walker
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
177d 9h 14m
SelectionNASA Group 14 (1992)
MissionsSTS-77
STS-89/91 (Mir EO-24/EO-25)
STS-102
STS-114
Mission insignia

Andrew Sydney Withiel "Andy" Thomas, AO (born 18 December 1951) is an Australian and American aerospace engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He has dual nationality;[1] he became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program.[2] He is married to fellow NASA astronaut Shannon Walker.

  1. ^ "Rocket man". 19 February 2004.
  2. ^ 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