Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9
A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z
Anderson, Clayton Conrad
Anderson
Anderson
Credit: www.spacefacts.de
American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011.

Status: Inactive; Active 1998-2011. Born: 1959-02-23. Spaceflights: 2 . Total time in space: 166.88 days. Birth Place: Omaha, Nebraska.

Grew up in Ashland, Nebraska.

Official NASA Biography - 1999

NAME: Clayton C. Anderson
NASA Astronaut Candidate (Mission Specialist)

PERSONAL DATA:
Born February 23, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska. He considers Ashland, Nebraska to be his hometown. Married to the former Susan Jane Harreld of Elkhart, Indiana. They have one child, a son, Clayton "Cole." His mother, Alice J. Anderson, resides in Ashland, Nebraska. His father, John T. Anderson, is deceased. Her parents are Jack and Mary Harreld of Anderson, Missouri. Recreational interests include officiating College and High School basketball; participation in all sports; flying; reading; writing music; playing the piano/organ and vocal performance. As an undergraduate he competed on the football, basketball and track teams.

EDUCATION:
Graduated from Ashland-Greenwood High School, Ashland, Nebraska, 1977; received a bachelor of science degree in Physics from Hastings College, Nebraska in 1981 and a master of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University in 1983.

ORGANIZATIONS:
Southwest Basketball Officials Association; Men's College Basketball Official: Red River Athletic, Southern Collegiate Athletic, Heart of Texas, Lone Star, and Texas/New Mexico Junior College Athletic Conferences; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA); Johnson Space Center Employee Activities Association: Vice President of Athletics (1987-1992); Clear Lake Optimist Club Past President and Vice President.

SPECIAL HONORS:
NASA Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition (QASAR) Award 1998; NCAA National Christian College Basketball Championships Official (1997, 1998); JSC Certificate of Commendation (1993); Outstanding Young Man of America (1981, 1985, 1987); Bronco Award Winner, Hastings College (1981).

NASA EXPERIENCE:
Anderson joined the Johnson Space Center in 1983 in the Mission Planning and Analysis Division where he performed rendezvous and proximity operations trajectory designs for early Space Shuttle and Space Station missions. In 1988 he moved to the Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) as a Flight Design Manager leading the trajectory design team for the Galileo planetary mission (STS-34) while serving as the backup for the Magellan planetary mission (STS-31). He was later assigned the Gamma Ray Observatory (STS-37) and Tethered Satellite/EURECA (STS-46) missions. In 1989, Anderson was chosen as the supervisor of the MOD Ascent Flight Design Section and, following a reorganization, the Flight Design Engineering Office of the Flight Design and Dynamics Division. In 1993 he was named the Chief of the Flight Design Branch. From 1996 until his selection Anderson held the post of Manager, Emergency Operations Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Selected by NASA in June 1998, he reported for training in August 1998. Astronaut Candidate Training includes orientation briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training and ground school to prepare for T-38 flight training, as well as learning water and wilderness survival techniques. Following a period of training and evaluation, Anderson will receive technical assignments within the Astronaut Office before being assigned to a space flight.

FEBRUARY 1999


More at: Anderson, Clayton.

Family: Astronaut. Country: USA. Spacecraft: ISS. Flights: STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-131. Bibliography: 12, 5107.

1959 February 23 - .
1985 July 19 - .
2007 April 9 - .
2007 April 27 - .
2007 May 25 - .
2007 June 8 - .
2007 June 8 - . 23:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
2007 June 9 - .
2007 June 9 - .
2007 June 10 - .
2007 June 10 - .
2007 June 11 - .
2007 June 13 - .
2007 June 14 - .
2007 June 17 - .
2007 June 19 - .
2007 June 19 - .
2007 June 20 - .
2007 June 29 - .
2007 July 6 - .
2007 July 23 - .
2007 July 23 - . 10:25 GMT - .
2007 August 15 - . 14:37 GMT - .
2007 August 18 - . 14:17 GMT - .
2007 August 30 - .
2007 September 19 - .
2007 September 27 - .
2007 October 21 - .
2007 October 23 - .
2007 October 23 - . 15:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
2007 October 24 - .
2007 October 24 - .
2007 October 25 - .
2007 October 25 - .
2007 October 26 - .
2007 October 27 - .
2007 October 28 - .
2007 October 29 - .
2007 October 30 - .
2007 October 31 - .
2007 November 1 - .
2007 November 2 - .
2007 November 2 - .
2007 November 3 - .
2007 November 4 - .
2007 November 4 - .
2007 November 5 - .
2007 November 5 - .
2007 November 6 - .
2007 November 7 - .
2007 November 7 - .
2007 November 7 - . 18:01 GMT - .
2007 November 27 - .
2007 December 11 - .
2007 December 26 - .
2008 January 9 - .
2008 January 15 - .
2008 January 23 - .
2008 February 8 - .
2008 March 28 - .
2008 May 12 - .
2008 May 13 - .
2010 April 5 - . 10:21 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
2010 April 9 - .
2010 April 11 - .
2010 April 13 - .

Back to top of page
Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9
A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z
© 1997-2019 Mark Wade - Contact
© / Conditions for Use