Andy Thomas' Cosmonaut Suit - South Australian Museum, Adelaide - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

Adelaide born and educated, Andy Thomas became a U.S. citizen in 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program.
He was selected by NASA in 1992. In 1993, following one year of training, he was appointed a member of the astronaut corps and was qualified for an assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flight crews.
As an Engineer, Andy also provided technical support to the Space Shuttle Main Engine project, the Solid Rocket Motor project and the External Tank project.
In June 1995, Thomas was named as payload commander for STS-77 and flew his first flight in space on Endeavour in May 1996, becoming the first Australia born professional astronaut to enter space.

He next trained at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia in preparation for a long-duration flight. In 1998, he served as Board Engineer 2 aboard the Russian Space Station Mir for 130 days.

On January 22, 1998, Thomas launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour as part of the STS-89 crew to dock with the Mir Space Station. He served aboard Mir as Flight Engineer 2 and returned to earth with the crew of STS-91 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on June 12, 1998, completing 141 days in space and 2,250 orbits of the earth.

STS-102 Discovery (March 8-21, 2001) was the eighth Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station and Thomas's third flight. During the mission, Thomas performed an EVA of 6.5 hours to install components to the outside of the space station. Mission duration was 307 hours and 49 minutes.

STS-114 Discovery (July 26-August 9, 2005) was the Return to Flight mission following the Columbia accident during which the crew continued the assembly of the International Space Station.

From August 2001 to November 2003, Thomas served as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.
He is currently working issues for the Exploration Branch of the Astronaut Office.

Hours: Open Daily 10am-5pm Excluding Good Friday & Christmas DAy Fee (if no fee, enter 'none'): none Amount of time an average person would spend here: Half a day (2-4 Hours) Accessible?: yes Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes How Long a Hike: Not listed

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