Special Selection Task

Andy Thomas on his most recent trip to space.

I love my job. It is the best job in the world and if I didn’t have to die I would keep doing

this job forever.But it isn’t all just fun

and games. There’s a lot of hard work involved.

Andy Thomas as a baby.

I’m a baby I’m not meant to think

anything.

Caricature of Andy Thomas trying to find out which window to clean.

4 years of ‘Astronaut

Training’ and I have to clean

windows?

Andy Thomas just before he boards the shuttle.

Standing up in front of America

ready to go on my first flight is

a dream come true.

Andy Thomas on his third mission. Picture taken on

lift off.

3, 2, 1 BLAST OFF

Andy Thomas and his space crew.

I worked with this crew for 3 years and they have so far been the best space crew

ever.

Andy Thomas making a model satellite along with a model rocket.

This is a passion of mine. If I’m not flying in one I’m building one.

Andy Thomas ready to go on his first mission to space.

I love America and Australia

Andy Thomas examining to particles of metal found aboard the space station.

Junior astronauts.

You’re doing good guys. Helping

people is my one of my top priorities.

Andy Thomas floats through the docking module hatch into the shuttles airlock.

I love going to space, you know just floating

around. But people think I do nothing for days

and days but really I’m always doing something.

Andy Thomas when he first got chosen for astronaut training in 1992.

Going to space has been my dream growing up as a

young boy.

Now I am about to go through 4

years of astronaut training.

YEAH BABY YEAH!

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