During his 11-year career with NASA, Tom Jones logged over 1,272 hours in space, including three space walks totaling over 19 hours. Jones was mission specialist and then payload commander on two 1994 space shuttle missions, STS-59 and STS-68, both flights of the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-1 and SRL-2). These missions focused on Earth's ecosystem and geology, providing thousands of digital images aimed at tracking natural and man made change in our environment. His next space flight was in late 1996 aboard STS-80. During this mission, he operated the shuttle's robot arm to release the Wake Shield science satellite, and later retrieved it from orbit. Jones' last flight was aboard Atlantis on STS-98 in February 2001. His crew delivered the U.S. Destiny Laboratory Module to the International Space Station (ISS), and he personally led three space walks on the flight to install and activate the laboratory.

Today, former astronaut Tom Jones is a well received author, popular speaker, space commentator for Fox TV News and a successful consultant. He is passionate about sharing his space flight experiences and observations on the future direction of our nation in space. His popular titles include Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir and The Complete Idiot's Guide to NASA.

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