NAME:  Thomas David Jones (Ph.D.)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born January 22, 1955, in Baltimore, Maryland.
His parents, David and Rosemarie Jones, reside in Essex, Maryland.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Blond hair; hazel eyes; 5 feet 8 inches; 150
pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Kenwood Senior High School, Essex,
Maryland, in 1973; received a bachelor of science degree in basic
sciences from the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy in Colorado
Springs in 1977, and a doctorate in planetary science from the
University of Arizona in Tucson in 1988.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to the former Elizabeth Lynn Fulton of
Hancock, Maryland.  Her parents, Stanley E. Fulton and Elizabeth M.
Fulton, reside in Las Vegas, Nevada.
 
CHILDREN:  Elizabeth Ann, born June 17, 1986; Bryce David, born March
1989.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  Enjoys baseball, hiking, biking, camping,
skiing, and recreational flying.  Reads extensively:  favorite
subjects are American and military history, particularly the American
Civil War.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Member of the American Astronomical Society (Division
for Planetary Sciences), the American Geophysical Union, and the
Meteoritical Society.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Phi Beta Kappa, University of Arizona, 1988.  NASA
Graduate Student Research Fellow, 1987.  Air Force Commendation Medal,
1983.  Distinguished Graduate, USAF Academy, 1977.  Outstanding
Graduate in Basic Sciences, USAF Academy, 1977.
 
EXPERIENCE:  A Distinguished Graduate from the USAF Academy, Dr. Jones
was stationed at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, from 1977 to 1978,
and at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, from 1978 to l983.  As a B-52D
bomber pilot and aircraft commander, he led a combat crew of six,
accumulating over 2,000 hours of jet experience.  He was a Captain
when he resigned his commission in 1983.
 
From 1983 to 1988 he worked toward his Ph.D. as a Graduate Research
Assistant at the University of Arizona in Tucson.  During his tenure
there he conducted planetary sciences research, especially the
infrared remote sensing of asteroids, meteorite spectroscopy, and
applications of space resources.  From 1989 to 1990 he was a Program
Management Engineer, Office of Development and Engineering, CIA,
Washington, D.C.  In early 1990 he joined Science Applications
International Corporation in Washington, D.C. as a Senior Scientist.
Dr. Jones performed advanced program planning for NASA Headquarters'
Solar System Exploration Division, focusing on future robotic missions
to Mars, asteroids, and the outer solar system.
 
Selected by NASA in January 1990, Dr. Jones became an astronaut in
July 1991.  He is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on
future Space Shuttle flight crews, and presently oversees middeck
payloads and payload training issues for the Astronaut Office Mission
Development Branch.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Dr. Jones is assigned as a mission specialist on
the Space Radar Laboratory-01 flight, STS-59, currently scheduled for
launch in late-1993.  SRL-01 will acquire radar images of the Earth's
surface for making maps and interpreting geological features and
resource studies.
 
APRIL 1992