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Thomas Dale Akers (born May 20, 1951) is a former American astronaut in NASA 's Space Shuttle program. [1] Education. Akers was the valedictorian of his 29-member 1969 senior class from Eminence, Missouri. He worked summers as a park ranger in the 80,000 acre federal wilderness that borders Eminence. [2] .
TOM AKERS (COLONEL, U.S. AIR FORCE, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) PERSONAL DATA: Born May 20, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri, but raised and educated in his hometown of Eminence, Missouri. Married to the former Kaye Lynn Parker of Eminence, Missouri. They have two grown children. Tom enjoys hunting, fishing, horseback riding, farming and
Astronaut Thomas D. Akers. Col. Thomas Akers taught and served as principal of Eminence High School in Missouri before joining the Air Force in 1979. He was selected into the NASA astronaut training program in 1987. A veteran of four space flights, Akers has logged more than 800 hours of space flight and 29 hours of space walking experience.
Dec 8, 2022 · Pilot Kenneth D. Bowersox and Mission Specialists Kathryn C. Thornton, Claude Nicollier, and Tom Akers were also experienced astronauts. With the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) berthed in Endeavour’s cargo bay, crew members for the STS-61 mission pause for a crew portrait on the flight deck.
Akers was the flight engineer and responsible for the transfer of over 3.5 tons of supplies to and from the Mir. This mission also marked the first exchange of U.S. astronauts on Mir - leaving John Blaha and returning Shannon Lucid home after her record six month stay in space.
Mar 18, 2019 · Learn how Thomas Akers, a native of Eminence, Missouri, became a NASA astronaut after serving in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years. He flew four Space Shuttle missions and spent 29 hours in space.
Oct 7, 2019 · Interview with former NASA astronaut Col. Tom Akers by Craig Amason of Missouri State University Libraries. Interview took place in the Shannon County Museum in Eminence, Missouri, on November...
