| Anderson Clayton | ||
Personal: Male, Married, One child. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 17 - 1998. Active Entered space service: 4 June 1998. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 151.77 days. Number of EVAs: 3.00. Total EVA Time: 0.75 days. Official NASA Biography - 1999
Anderson Clayton Spaceflight Log
Anderson Clayton Chronology 19 July 1985 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 17 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm. Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Of 25 Americans, eight pilots and 17 mission specialists. 9 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-19. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12, ISS EO-15-1. Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts and a spaceflight participant aboard a Soyuz spacecraft docked with the Earth-facing port on the International Space Station's Zarya module at 2:10 p.m. CDT Monday. After hatch opening, scheduled for a little before 4 p.m., Expedition 15 Commander ...more... 27 April 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-23. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15, ISS EP-12, ISS EO-15-1. The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams began ...more... 25 May 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-28. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, ISS EO-15-1. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov prepared this week for two spacewalks while Flight Engineer Suni Williams prepared for her return to Earth. In preparation for her successor's arrival, Williams' downlinked a 10-minute video tour for Clayton Anderson, who will travel to the station on the upcoming space shuttle flight. Mission managers gave a "go" for a May 30 Russian spacewalk to install orbital debris ...more... 8 June 2007 - STS-117. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The shuttle delivered the S3 and S4 truss segments to the starboard side of the International Space Station. The crew made three spacewalks to install these truss segments, conduct other station reconfiguration and installation work, deploy the solar arrays and prepare them for operation. A fourth spacewalk was added to repair loose re-entry insulation on the shuttle and get-ahead installation work on the outside of the station. The shuttle delivered NASA long-term ISS crew member Clayton Anderson to the station; and returned Suni Williams to earth. At the conclusion of this mission the station finally achieved its full-power, dual-boom configuration first conceived for Space Station Freedom in the 1980's. 8 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The Space Shuttle Atlantis rocketed into a Florida twilight sky on time at 6:38 p.m. CDT today, kicking off the first of four shuttle missions scheduled this year. Atlantis' climb to orbit was flawless, carrying a seven-member crew. Aboard Atlantis ...more... 9 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. During its first full day in orbit, the STS-117 crew inspected Space Shuttle Atlantis’ heat shield and prepared for tomorrow’s docking with the International Space Station scheduled for 2:38 p.m. CDT. Pilot Lee Archambault and Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson ...more... 9 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis got their first on-orbit wakeup call this morning on their way to a Sunday afternoon rendezvous to deliver a new crewmember and a new set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. “Big Boy Toys” by Aaron Tippin, sounded on board the orbiter at 9:10 a.m. CDT, played ...more... 10 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis officially was welcomed by the International Space Station crew this afternoon at 4:20 CDT with handshakes and hugs. Shuttle Commander Rick Sturckow was the first to enter the station followed soon ...more... 10 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Space Shuttle Atlantis is only hours away from delivering a new set of solar array wings, and a new crew member, to the International Space Station. Docking of the shuttle to the station is targeted for 2:38 p.m. CDT. The shuttle crew was awakened at 8:08 a.m. with “Riding the Sky,” written and performed ...more... 11 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. A spacewalk to install and activate a new set of solar array wings highlights the first full day of docked operations of space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station. Most of the crewmembers got an 8:08 a.m. CDT wakeup call with the song “It Probably ...more... 13 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. A pair of spacewalking astronauts is getting ready for a 6½-hour excursion this afternoon to help retract an old solar array wing and get two new ones ready to go to work. Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson, who camped out in the ...more... 14 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Solar array retraction and spacewalk preparation are the focus of the crews on board space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station today. At 7:39 a.m. CDT Mission Control in Houston played the wakeup song “Indescribable” ...more... 17 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steve Swanson completed the fourth and final spacewalk of Atlantis’ mission at 5:54 p.m. CDT, wrapping up all the tasks planned for the mission and finishing some jobs that will reduce the workload for future spacewalkers. The spacewalk was the 87th in support of station assembly and maintenance, the 59th ...more... 19 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. The astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis woke up this morning with the hatch to the International Space Station closed and only hours left before undocking for the two-day trip back to Earth. Today’s wakeup call came at 5:38 a.m. CDT with “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” by Chicago, ...more... 19 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Space shuttle Atlantis wrapped up an eight-day visit to the International Space Station, undocking at 9:42 a.m. today. Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson wished his former crewmates Godspeed, ...more... 20 June 2007 - STS-117 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-14-1, STS-117, ISS EO-15-1. Seven astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are preparing themselves and their orbiter for a planned Thursday landing to wrap up the year’s first International Space Station assembly mission. The astronauts’ wakeup call came at 5:08 a.m. with “If I Had $1000000” by Barenaked ...more... 29 June 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-32. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-15-1. After the departure of the space shuttle Atlantis, Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov returned to their daily operations aboard the International Space Station this week, while newly arrived Flight Engineer Clay Anderson began conducting scientific experiments. Atlantis landed in California June 22 after delivering a new starboard truss segment ...more... 6 July 2007 - International Space Station Status Report #07-33. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-15-1. Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson this week finished preparing their spacesuits for a planned July 23 spacewalk. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov also continued evaluating the computers on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. During the U.S. spacewalk, Yurchikhin and Anderson will jettison a support post ...more... 23 July 2007 - EVA ISS EO-15-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-15-1. The crew emerged from the Quest airlock at 10:24 GMT. A video stanchion was removed from the ESP-2 external spares cache and installed on an external truss of the station. 736 kg of redundant storage structures and equipment were removed and pushed by the astronauts away from the station, into orbits that would eventually decay and reenter the atmosphere. 23 July 2007 - ISS EO-15: Station Crew Winds Up Ammonia Reservoir Jettison Spacewalk. Two International Space Station crew members Monday successfully wrapped up a 7-hour, 41-minute spacewalk that saw the removal and jettison of a refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir. The spacewalk from the Quest Airlock ended at 2:06 p.m. EDT. Astronaut Clay ...more... 15 August 2007 - EVA STS-118-3. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-15-1, STS-118. The crew exited into free space at 14:36 GMT. The SASA antenna was relocated from the P6 to the P1 truss, and two CETA carts were moved from S1 to P1. As a precautionary measure Mastracchio retreated to the airlock when he found minor damage to his glove, but Anderson continued working outside for another hour. 15 August 2007 - EVA STS-118-4. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: ISS EO-15, ISS EO-15-1, STS-118. The astronauts began work outside at 13:16 GMT. They removed two external exposure experiments for return to earth, installed a communications antenna on the Destiny module, and mounting brackets for the Orbiter Boom Sensor Syste) on the S1 truss. 30 August 2007 - ISS EO-15: PMA-3 Relocation. International Space Station crew members moved Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the left side of the Unity node to the bottom in process that prepares the station for future growth. For the relocation, Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson was at the controls ...more... 19 September 2007 - ISS EO-15: ISS 'Mates' SWAB Deck. There is no five second rule on the space station! Cleanliness is not just the dirt one can see. It’s also a matter of bacteria and parasites. That’s why -- even though there is no floor -- there is no five second rule on the space station. Though most micro-organisms are harmless, and some are even beneficial, there are ...more... 27 September 2007 - ISS EO-15: Station Crew Moves Soyuz. International Space Station crew members docked their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 3:47 p.m. EDT Thursday, completing a move of 80 feet. During the flight they were traveling at 17,500 mph -- almost five miles a second ...more... 21 October 2007 - ISS EO-15: Space Station Crew Back on Earth. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, the 15th crew of the International Space Station, landed safely in their Soyuz spacecraft at 6:36 a.m. EDT Sunday in the steppes of Kazakhstan. A ballistic descent for the returning Soyuz resulted in a landing about 210 miles ...more... 23 October 2007 - STS-120. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-15, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1, ISS EO-15-1. Main mission objectives were delivery of the Harmony module to the station, and external work to move the P6 truss to its final location and put the ISS into its full-power configuration for the first time. Discovery docked with the ISS at the Destiny module at 12:40 GMT on 25 October. The cargo of 17,390 kg was as follows:
23 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #01. The Space Shuttle Discovery raced into space this morning with an on-time launch at 10:38 CDT. Onboard are seven crewmembers led by veteran astronaut Pam Melroy. Discovery's crew will join the International Space Station’s Expedition 16 crew Thursday morning. Melroy, Pilot George Zamka and Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, ...more... 24 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #04. The seven-member crew of STS-120 on board Space Shuttle Discovery is ready for tomorrow’s rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, planned for 7:33 a.m. CDT. Commander Pam Melroy and her crewmates today completed a five-hour inspection of ...more... 24 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #03. The astronauts on board Space Shuttle Discovery have begun their first full day in space on a two-week mission to set the stage for delivery of new laboratory modules from two more of the International Space Station’s partner agencies. The main payload on STS-120 is a connecting node, named Harmony. It will expand ...more... 25 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #5. A new crew member and a new module are only hours away from arriving at the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Discovery is due to dock to the station at 7:33 a.m. CDT to begin 10 days of docked operations. Today’s wakeup song at 12:39 a.m. CDT was “Dancing in the Moonlight” by King Harvest ...more... 25 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #6. Two female commanders made space history today as they greeted one another with smiles and hugs in the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory after a flawless rendezvous and docking. Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson warmly welcomed the Space Shuttle Discovery ...more... 26 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #8. It proved to be a perfect day for a spacewalk. In just over six hours, STS-120 Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock installed the Harmony module in its temporary location on the International Space Station, readied the P6 truss for its relocation on Sunday, retrieved a failed radio communications antenna and snapped shut a window cover on Harmony that opened during launch on the space shuttle. The astronauts plan to enter Harmony for the first time at 8:03 a.m. Saturday after ...more... 27 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #09. Today is the grand opening of the International Space Station’s newest module, a connecting node that will host new laboratory complexes from around the world. The day began with an Italian wakeup song at 12:39 a.m. “Bellissime Stelle” (Beautiful ...more... 28 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #12. Astronauts Scott Parazynski and Dan Tani successfully completed all major tasks during STS-120's second spacewalk, the 17th this year and the 94th dedicated to the International Space Station's assembly and maintenance. During the 6 hour and 33 minute spacewalk, Parazynski and Tani teamed to disconnect ...more... 29 October 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #13. With two successful spacewalks completed in three days, the crews on Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station have some time to relax today while also completing a big handoff and getting prepared for another EVA on Tuesday. This morning’s wakeup music at 11:39 p.m., “One by One” by Wynton Marsalis, was ...more... 30 October 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 10/30/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 145 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 8 for STS-120/10A; Day 6 of Joint Ops. [Mission Extension: see Note below.] ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 12:38am EDT. Sleeptime: 4:08pm (ISS), 4:38pm (Shuttle). Truss ...more... 31 October 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 10/31/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 146 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 9 for STS-120/10A; Day 7 of Joint Ops. ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 12:38am EDT. Sleeptime: 4:08pm (ISS), 4:38pm (Shuttle). ...more... 1 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/01/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 147 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 10 for STS-120/10A; Day 8 of Joint Ops. ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 12:08am EDT. Sleeptime: 4:38pm (ISS), 5:08pm (Shuttle). ...more... 2 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #21. The space shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews today will focus on reviewing spacewalk procedures and unberthing the shuttle’s Orbiter Boom Sensor System for Saturday’s spacewalk to repair a torn solar array. The crews were awakened this morning at 12:08 with the song “World” by Five for ...more... 2 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/02/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 148 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 11 for STS-120/10A; Day 9 of Joint Ops. ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 1:08am EDT. Sleeptime: 5:08pm (ISS), 5:38pm (Shuttle). ...more... 3 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/03/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 149 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 12 for STS-120/10A; Day 10 of Joint Ops. “It’s been a great day!” (MS1 Scott Parazynski).…..and thank God for the Canadian MSS! ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 1:38am EDT. Sleeptime: 5:38pm (ISS), 6:08pm (Shuttle). ...more... 4 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/04/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Day 150 for Clayton Anderson. Flight Day 13 for STS-120/10A; Day 11 of Joint Ops. Sunday – Farewell Day. >>>Today 50 years ago the first living space passenger was launched into orbit: the female dog Laika on Soviet Russia’s Sputnik-2.<<< ISS/Shuttle crew wake-up: 1:08am EST. Sleeptime: 5:10pm (ISS), 6:08pm (Shuttle). ...more... 4 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #26. Spacefarers aboard Discovery and the International Space Station congratulated one another on a successful docked mission, shared hugs and farewells and closed the hatches 210 miles above the Pacific Northwest at 2:03 p.m. CST. With Dan Tani now a member of the station’s Expedition 16 crew and Clay Anderson ...more... 5 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/05/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Flight Day 14 for STS-120/10A. Underway: Week 3 of Increment 16. STS-120/Discovery and ISS are flying in separate orbits again. After final ...more... 5 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #28. Space shuttle Discovery’s crew left the International Space Station this morning after almost 11 days of joint operations with the Expedition 16 crew. After inspecting the orbiter’s heat shield for any micrometeoroid damage, the astronauts turned their attention to returning home on Wednesday. Tuesday the shuttle crew will spend its last full day on orbit testing Discovery’s ...more... 6 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #29. Landing preparations are the order of the day for the seven astronauts on space shuttle Discovery, who are planning to conclude a two-week mission with a Wednesday landing at the Kennedy Space Center. The crew’s 1:38 a.m. CST wakeup call was “Space Truckin’” by Deep Purple, played ...more... 7 November 2007 - STS-120 MCC Status Report #32. After 6.25 million miles and 15 days, space shuttle Discovery landed safely in Florida completing its 34th mission and circling the Earth 238 times. Under command of astronaut Pam Melroy, the shuttle touched down on runway 33 at ...more... 7 November 2007 - ISS On-Orbit Status 11/07/07. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. After 12d 17h 57min in space,STS-120/Discovery today returned to Earth, touching ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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