Andy Thomas

Andy Thomas
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Adelaide, 18 Disamba 1951 (74 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka Asturaliya
Ƴan uwa
Abokiyar zama	Shannon Walker (mul)
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Adelaide (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	astronaut (en) da injiniya
Employers	NASA (mul)
Kyaututtuka	gani Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" : Dmitry Medvedev (en)  (12 ga Afirilu, 2011) Dostyk Order of grade II : Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev (en)  (11 Nuwamba, 1998) Medal of the Order of Australia  (8 ga Yuni, 1981) NASA Distinguished Service Medal  (2006) Officer of the Order of Australia  (26 ga Janairu, 2000) Order of Friendship : Boris Yeltsin  (18 Disamba 1998) Centenary Medal Order of Australia

Andrew Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO (an haife shi a ranar 18 ga watan Disamba 1951) masanin injiniya ne na Australiya da Amurka kuma tsohon ɗan saman jannati na NASA. Yana da kasa biyu; ya zama ɗan ƙasar Amurka a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1986, yana fatan samun shiga cikin shirin ɗan saman jannati na NASA. Ya auri ɗan'uwansa ɗan saman jannati na NASA Shannon Walker .

Ilimi

Thomas ya tafi makarantar firamare ta St Andrews, Adelaide a Walkerville a Kudancin Australia sannan daga baya zuwa Kwalejin St Peter, Adelaide . Bayan makarantar sakandare, ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Adelaide, inda ya sami digiri na BEng tare da girmamawa na farko a 1973 da kuma digiri na PhD a 1978, duka biyu a cikin Injiniyan Injiniya.

Ya bayyana a cikin fitowar 1972 na Kwalejin Injiniya ta Jami'ar Adelaide (AUES) littafin shekara-shekara, Hysteresis . Rubutun da ke ƙasa da hoto na Thomas mai shekaru 21 ya karanta:

A.S.W. (Syd) Thomas: Hides his massive intellect behind a screen of silence and hair. His abilities are varied and include designing wine labels for the A.U.E.S.

— Hysteresis 2000 , pg 27

Shi ne babban jikan Frederick George Waterhouse, mai kula da farko na Gidan Tarihi na Cibiyar Kudancin Australia, kuma masanin halitta na John McDouall Stuart Expedition 1861-1862.

Farkon aiki

Yayinda yake yaro, yana girma a Fullarton, Adelaide, Thomas yana sha'awar sararin samaniya. Mahaifinsa ya bayyana yadda ya fara gina samfurin rokoki daga katako da filastik. Bayan kammala karatunsa, Thomas ya karɓi tayin daga Lockheed a Atlanta. A shekara ta 1990 ya kasance babban masanin kimiyyar iska na kungiyar. Ya ci gaba da aikinsa a fagen, yana jagorantar manyan mukamai na bincike.

Ayyukan NASA

NASA ce ta zaɓi Thomas a watan Maris na shekara ta 1992 kuma ta ba da rahoton ga Cibiyar Johnson Space a watan Agustan shekara ta 1992. A watan Agustan 1993, bayan shekara guda na horo, an nada shi memba na NASA Astronaut Corps kuma ya cancanci aiki a matsayin kwararren kwararre a kan ma'aikatan jirgin sama na Space Shuttle.

Daraja da kyaututtuka

• 2000: An nada shi Jami'in Order of Australia (AO) "don hidima ga kimiyya da fasaha ta hanyar shirin National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) a matsayin ɗan saman jannati da kuma gudummawa ga binciken ɗan adam na sararin samaniya. "
• 2001: Medal na Centenary
• 2018: Rayuwa memba na Ƙungiyar Masana'antar sararin samaniya ta Ostiraliya
• Ɗaya daga cikin manyan hanyoyi kusa da tashar kasa da kasa da na cikin gida a Filin jirgin saman Adelaide (ADL) ana kiranta Andy Thomas Drive don girmama shi.