Michael P. Anderson
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1995 portrait
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Deceased |
| Born | Michael Phillip Anderson December 25, 1959 Plattsburgh, New York, United States |
| Died | February 1, 2003 (aged 43) over Texas and Louisiana |
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Previous occupation
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Pilot, Scientist |
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Washington, B.S. 1981 Creighton, M.S. 1990 |
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| Rank | Lt. Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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24d 18h 08m |
| Selection | 1994 NASA Group 15 |
| Missions | STS-89, STS-107 |
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Mission insignia
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Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Anderson was born in 1959 to Barbara Anderson and Bobbie Anderson, who serviced jets on Plattsburgh Air Force Base near Plattsburgh, New York. Bobbie Anderson was transferred to Fairchild Air Force Base, about 12 miles away from Spokane, Washington, which Anderson spoke of as his hometown. He was graduated from Cheney High School, one of four African Americans in a class of 200 students.
In 1981, Anderson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Washington in Seattle, and in 1990 he was awarded Master of Science degree in physics from Creighton University in Omaha.
Upon Anderson's graduation from the University of Washington, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. After completing a year of technical training at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, he was assigned to Randolph Air Force Base in Texas. At Randolph he served as chief of communication maintenance for the 2015th Communication Squadron and later as director of information system maintenance for the 1920th Information System Group.
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