Donald A. Thomas
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: May 6, 1955
Age: 69
Donald Alan Thomas, Ph.D. is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-65
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 8, 1994, 4:43 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-70
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 13, 1995, 1:41 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-83
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 4, 1997, 7:20 p.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-94
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 1, 1997, 6:02 p.m.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Long March 7A
ChinaSat 4A
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-5
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Long March 4B
Yaogan 43 Group 01
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 43 Group 01 is a group of Chinese military “remote sensing” satellites of unknown purposes.
SSLV
EOS-08/Microsat-2C
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaEarth observation micro-satellite for ISRO designed to test new technologies for building an Earth observation satellite in a micro-satellite bus. Th…
