THOMAS AKERS Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - NASA ASTRONAUT

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Thomas D. Akers
Born
Thomas D. Akers
May 20, 1951
(age 70)
St. Louis
,
Missouri
, U.S.
Status
Retired
Nationality
American
Alma mater
University of Missouri-Rolla
, B.S. 1973, M.S. 1975
Occupation
Flight test engineer
Space career
NASA
Astronaut
Rank
Colonel
,
USAF
Time in space
33d 22h 44m
Selection
1987 NASA Group 12
Missions
STS-41
,
STS-49
,
STS-61
,
STS-79
Mission insignia
Thomas Dale Akers (born May 20, 1951) is a former American
astronaut
in
NASA
's
Space Shuttle program
.
NASA career
Akers is a veteran of four shuttle flights in which he spent over 800 hours in orbit, including more than 29 hours of
extra-vehicular activity
(EVA) experience. In each of his flights, his role was as a
mission specialist
.
STS-41
His first space flight was in 1990 on
STS-41
,the 11th flight of
Space Shuttle
Discovery
. He was instrumental in deploying the
European Space Agency
satellite
Ulysses
,a solar-exploration craft, as well as tending several secondary payloads and experiments
STS-49
The STS-49 three-person EVA. Left to right:
Richard Hieb
, Akers,
Pierre J. Thuot
.
His next mission was in 1992 on
STS-49
, the maiden flight of Shuttle
Endeavour
. A primary goal of that mission was to capture and repair the non-functional
Intelsat
VI-F3
satellite. The first two attempts failed; Akers joined the third attempt which was successful. This marks the first three-person EVA in human history and was also the longest EVA (8 hours, 29 minutes) ever conducted to that time.
STS-61
On Akers' third mission in 1993 on
STS-61
,  the fifth flight of
Endeavour
, he was one of four mission specialists who repaired and upgraded the
Hubble Space Telescope
on its first servicing mission. Akers spent just under 13.5 hours outside the
Endeavour
in two EVAs.
On May 18, 1994, Akers appeared on
Home Improvement
as himself along with rest of the STS-61 crew.
STS-79
His last mission was in 1996 on
STS-79
, the 17th flight of shuttle
Atlantis
.
[15]
This was the fourth shuttle flight to rendezvous with the Russian
space station
Mir
and the first to exchange U.S. astronauts with Mir, returning
Shannon Lucid
to earth and leaving
John Blaha
.
After NASA