| Name: Akers, Thomas | Country: USA | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 4 |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Shuttle | Landing Date - Shuttle |
|---|---|---|
| 1. STS-41 | October 6, 1990 - Discovery | October 10, 1990 - Discovery |
| 2. STS-49 | May 7, 1992 - Endeavour | May 16, 1992 - Endeavour |
| 3. STS-61 | December 2, 1993 - Endeavour | December 13, 1993 - Endeavour |
| 4. STS-79 | September 16, 1996 - Atlantis | September 26, 1996 - Atlantis |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 1. STS-41 | Deployed Ulysses solar polar orbiter |
| 2. STS-49 | Intelsat 603 Rescue Mission |
| 3. STS-61 | Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission 1 (HST-SM 1) |
| 4. STS-79 | Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission 4 Atlantis docked with Mir from September 19, 1996 to September 24, 1996. |
| Spacewalks - 4 | ||
| Space Flights | Date & Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| STS-49 | May 13, 1992 | Retrieve Intelsat 603 satellite and install perigee kick motor (Three-person spacewalk) |
| 8 hours 29 minutes | ||
| STS-49 | May 14, 1992 | Test equipment for Space Station Freedom Program - Assembly of Station by EVA Methods (ASEM). The ASEM spacewalk (EVA) was originally planned to be two spacewalks but were combined into one spacewalk following the trouble with retrieving the Intelsat 603 satellite. |
| 7 hours 44 minutes | ||
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| STS-61 | December 5, 1993 | Repair Hubble Space Telescope - Replace solar arrays |
| 6 hours 36 minutes | ||
| STS-61 | December 7, 1993 | Repair Hubble Space Telescope - Install Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) unit replacing Goddard High Speed Photometer |
| 6 hours 50 minutes | ||
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| Space Shuttle Program - 1990 / 1992 / 1993 | Shuttle-Mir Program - 1996 | ||
Updated - March 14, 2006