Thomas Jones

THOMAS D.  JONES, Ph.D., was selected by NASA in 1990 to be an astronaut. In 1994, he was mission specialist on successive flights on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, running science operations. He also deployed science satellites on the Columbia mission and set a shuttle endurance record of nearly 18 days in orbit. In total, he has logged 52 days (1,272 hours) in space.