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Thomas Akers

Portrait photograph of Thomas Akers

Photo: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Public domain (US government work)

Thomas Akers is a former American astronaut in NASA’s Space Shuttle program, born on 20 May 1951. He flew four Space Shuttle missions: STS-41 in 1990, STS-49 in 1992, STS-61 in 1993 and STS-79 in 1996. STS-49 was the maiden flight of Endeavour, and STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, on which he made spacewalks. STS-79 was a shuttle docking with the Russian Mir station. Wikidata records 33 days and 22 hours in space across the four flights. Two of his flights were to Mir and Hubble.

Born
20 May 1951
Country
United States
Flights
4: STS-41 (1990), STS-49 (1992), STS-61 (1993), STS-79 (1996)
Time in space
33 days 22 hours

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

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  1. Hubble Servicing Mission: How Endeavour’s Crew Fixed the Mirror

    Aviation & Space
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Hubble Servicing Mission: How Endeavour’s Crew Fixed the Mirror

Aviation & Space

Duration 47:41

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  1. Hubble Servicing Mission: How Endeavour’s Crew Fixed the Mirror

    DocumentaryAviation & Space · 47:41

    Mission: Hubble Servicing Mission 1 (1993)

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