Michael Anderson | |
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![]() 1995 portrait | |
Born | Michael Phillip Anderson December 25, 1959 Plattsburgh, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 1, 2003 Over Texas, U.S. | (aged 43)
Cause of death | Space Shuttle Columbia disaster |
Education | |
Awards | Congressional Space Medal of Honor |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 24d 18h 8m |
Selection | NASA Group 15 (1994) |
Missions | STS-89 STS-107 |
Mission insignia | ![]() ![]() |
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.[1] Anderson served as the payload commander and lieutenant colonel in charge of science experiments on the Columbia. Anderson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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