Editing Andy Thomas (section)

===Spaceflights===
[[STS-77]] was a mission during which the crew deployed two satellites, tested a large inflatable space structure in orbit and conducted a variety of scientific experiments in a Spacehab laboratory module carried in ''Endeavour's'' payload bay. The flight was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 19 May 1996 and completed 160 orbits {{convert|153|nmi|km}} above the Earth while traveling 4.1 million miles and logging 240 hours and 39 minutes in space.

On 22 January 1998, Thomas launched aboard Space Shuttle [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|'' Endeavour'']] as part of the [[STS-89]] crew to dock with the [[Mir Space Station]]. He served aboard ''Mir'' as flight engineer 2 and returned to Earth with the crew of [[STS-91]] aboard Space Shuttle [[Space Shuttle Discovery|'' Discovery'']] on 12 June 1998, completing 130 days in space and 2,250 orbits of Earth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4225/nasa7/nasa7.htm|title=NASA-7 Andy Thomas}}</ref>

[[STS-102]] ''Discovery'' (8–21 March 2001) was the eighth Shuttle mission to visit the [[International Space Station]] and Thomas's third flight. Mission accomplishments included the delivery of the Expedition 2 crew and logistics resupply with the [[Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module]], and then the return to Earth of the Expedition 1 crew. During the mission, Thomas performed an EVA of 6.5 hours to install components to the outside of the space station. The mission duration was 307 hours and 49 minutes.

[[STS-114]] ''Discovery'' (26 July – 9 August 2005) was the Return to Flight mission following the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|'' Columbia'' accident]] during which the crew continued the assembly of the International Space Station. Thomas tested and evaluated new procedures for flight safety and inspection and repair techniques for the Shuttle's thermal protection system. After a 2-week, 5.8 million mile journey in space, the orbiter ''Discovery'' and its crew returned to land at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], [[California]]. The mission duration was 333 hours, 32 minutes, 48 seconds.