| Birthdate: | 20.05.1951 |
| Birthplace: | St. Louis / Missouri |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 05.06.1987 |
| Selection group: | NASA-12 |
| Job: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. 01.08.1997 |
AkersThomas Dale |
USA |
International order n°: 235 |
US astr. n°: 144 |
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| Ord. num. |
Startup spacecraft |
Date and time of launch (UT) |
Status while launch |
Spacecraft of landing |
Date and time of landing (UT) |
Duration |
| 1 | STS-41 (Discovery/11) |
11h.47m.15s. Oct 06, 1990 |
MS | STS-41 (Discovery/11) |
13h.58m.08s. Oct 10, 1990 |
4d.02h.10m.53s. |
| 2 | STS-49 (Endeavour/1) |
23h.40m.00s. May 07, 1992 |
MS | STS-49 (Endeavour/1) |
20h.58m.34s. May 16, 1992 |
8d.21h.18m.34s. |
| 3 | STS-61 (Endeavour/5) |
09h.27m.00s. Dec 02, 1993 |
MS | STS-61 (Endeavour/5) |
05h.26m.26s. Dec 13, 1993 |
10d.19h.59m.26s. |
| 4 | STS-79 (Atlantis/17) |
08h.54m.49s. Sep 16, 1996 |
MS/FE VE-17/MIR |
STS-79 (Atlantis/17) |
12h.14m.34s. Sep 26, 1996 |
10d.03h.19m.45s. |
| Total duration: | 33d.22h.48m.38s. | |||||
| Date of beginning |
Time of beginning |
Duration | Crew and Remarks |
| 13 May 1992 | 21:17 UT | 8h 29m | Akers, P.Thuot and R.Hieb; mission STS-49 Capture of Intelsat VI/F-3 (with hands), mounting an upper stage and deploying satellite |
| 14 May 1992 | ? | 7h 45m | Akers and K.Thornton; mission STS-49 AASEM-test for future EVA's |
| 06 Dec 1993 | 03:29 UT | 6h 36m | Akers and K.Thornton; mission STS-61 HST-SM-1, replace of solar-cells |
| 08 Dec 1993 | 03:13 UT | 6h 50m | Akers and K.Thornton; mission STS-61 HST-SM-1, build in the COSTAR |
| Total: | 29h.40m. | EVAs: 4 | |