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)
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