Thomas Akers
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Thomas Dale Akers is a former American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program.
Akers in 1992
The STS-49 three-person EVA. Left to right: Richard Hieb, Akers, Pierre J. Thuot.
STS-41
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STS-41 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission had a primary objective of launching the Ulysses probe as part of the "Internati
Thomas Akers
…hours of extra-vehicular activity (EVA) experience. In each of his flights, his role was as a mission specialist. 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…
Ulysses and its Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) in the payload bay of Discovery
From left: Melnick, Cabana, Akers, Richards and Shepherd are pictured in front of the T-38 jet trainerSpace Shuttle program← STS-31 (35)STS-38 (37) →
STS-41 launches from Kennedy Space Center, on October 6, 1990.
Ulysses after deployment