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Join Dr. Thomas, former NASA Astronaut, as he shares more of his adventures in space for your future astronaut.
June 12- “Living and Working in Space”- In this introductory program, I will discuss how I became an astronaut and how we eat, sleep, exercise etc. in space. This is my most popular talk and one that the students will find educational, entertaining, and inspirational.
June 13- “Women in Space”- In this program we will take a look at the many accomplishments of women astronauts both in the United States and abroad.
Important note: our system will send you the link to join the class 30 minutes prior to the start time of the class.
Instructor's Bio:
Dr. Thomas has spent a total of 44 days in space and has completed 692 orbits of the Earth!
About Dr. Thomas:
In 1988 he joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas as a materials engineer for the space shuttle program. In 1990 Dr. Thomas was selected in NASA’s 13th group of astronauts and flew as a mission specialist on four space shuttle missions: STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, and STS-94. During these four missions he performed hundreds of microgravity sciences experiments and helped deploy a large communications satellite from the space shuttle.
From 1999-2000 Dr. Thomas was the NASA director of operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, where he oversaw and coordinated the training of NASA astronauts for missions aboard the International Space Station.
From 2003-2006 Dr. Thomas was the International Space Station Program Scientist and was responsible for the selection and scheduling of experiments to be performed aboard the ISS. He is a recipient of four NASA Space Flight Medals, two NASA Exceptional Service Medals, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal during his twenty-year career at NASA.
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