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Personal: Male, Married. Born in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. US Air Force US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 15 - 1995. Deceased Entered space service: 9 December 1994. Left space service: 1 February 2003. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 24.77 days. Official NASA Biography - 1997
Anderson Spaceflight Log
Anderson Chronology 9 June 1995 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 15 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.. 10 pilots and 9 mission specialists, 6 civilians and 13 military officers, chosen from 2,962 applicants, of which 122 screened in June-August 1994. 4 additional international astronauts. 23 January 1998 - STS-89. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir NASA-5, Mir EO-24, STS-89, Mir NASA-6. Penultimate Shuttle mission to Mir. Andy Thomas replaced David Wolf as the resident NASA astronaut. Endeavour docked with the SO module on Mir at 20:14 GMT on January 24, 1998. Payloads included:
Despite fits problems with his Sokol emergency spacesuit, Andy Thomas replaced David Wolf as a Mir crew member on January 25. Endeavour undocked from Mir on January 29 at 16:57 GMT and made one flyaround of the station before departing and landing at Kennedy Space Center's runway 15 at 22:35 GMT on January 31. 31 January 1998 - Landing of STS-89. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-25, Mir Pegase, Mir NASA-5, Mir EO-24, STS-89, Mir NASA-6. STS-89 landed at 22:35 GMT with the crew of Wilcutt, Edwards, Reilly, Anderson, Wolf, Dunbar and Sharipov aboard. 16 January 2003 - STS-107. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-107. The last solo shuttle earth orbit mission ended in tragedy when the shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry at an altitude of 63.15 km and a speed of Mach 18. Launch delayed from May 23, June 27, July 11 and 19, November 29, 2002. 16 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's crewmembers unstowed equipment and began activation of the Spacehab Research Double Module in the shuttle's cargo bay, setting the stage for 24-hour-a-day science during the shuttle's 16-day research mission. Columbia lifted off at 9:39 a.m. CST from the Kennedy Space Center in near-perfect ...more... 16 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center this morning on the first shuttle mission of the year, carrying the first Israeli astronaut into orbit along with six crewmates on a marathon international scientific research flight. Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Mission Specialists Dave Brown, Kalpana ...more... 17 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. In their first full day in orbit, Columbia's seven crewmembers completed activation of the SPACEHAB Research Double Module in the shuttle's cargo bay and all of its scientific experiments. Red Team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 18 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts pointed two Israeli cameras over the Atlantic and the Mediterranean today in search of small dust particles that might impact the weather and began experiments in human life sciences in the third day of the STS-107 scientific research flight. Red Team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 19 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's astronauts studied combustion properties and the response of their own bodies in weightlessness and the behavior of soot in space one-quarter of the way through their marathon scientific research mission. Red Team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 20 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's astronauts conducted scientific studies ranging from the behavior of granular materials in weightlessness to the effects of microgravity on fungi, and filmed the sprites associated with thunderstorms across the globe as their scientific research flight continued in its fifth day. Red team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 21 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The seven astronauts aboard Columbia continued to conduct scientific studies 24-7 today, concentrating their efforts on combustion in weightlessness, the growth of cell cultures, and measurements of the ozone layer. The Blue Team was awakened at 3:39 p.m. CDT to the sounds of "The Wedding Song" ...more... 22 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The seven astronauts aboard Columbia beamed down television views of their smallest companions in orbit today, including insects, spiders, fish, bees and silk worms that are part of the Space Technology and Research Students package of experiments designed and developed by students in six countries. The television pictures showed ants busily creating and moving about tunnels in ...more... 23 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The STS-107 scientific research mission aboard Columbia passed the halfway mark today as the 80 microgravity investigations continue on schedule. Highlighting the investigations today for both the Blue and Red Teams were the SOFBALL ...more... 24 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Research continued aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia today as the seven astronauts aboard continued to work in shifts, coordinating work with investigators on the ground. Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark, and ...more... 25 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts completed an experiment studying the activity of bone cells in microgravity and began final tests with a technology demonstration designed to investigate the behavior of capillary-pumped loops in space as the 16-day international science mission completed Flight Day 10. Toward the end of their workday at 1 a.m. CST this morning, Pilot Willie McCool ...more... 26 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Scientific research continued aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia today as the STS-107 mission headed into the homestretch with a variety of experiments in multiple disciplines. The Red team of astronauts, working by day, and the Blue team, working by night, ...more... 27 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Some experiments have run their course aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, but there is more in store as STS-107 science continues around the clock in the Spacehab Research Double Module. The Structures of Flame Balls experiment, looking at ways of improving engine combustion ...more... 28 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The Red team of astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia accomplished repairs on the third and final combustion experiment of STS-107 this afternoon, and support scientists on the ground were looking forward to working with the Blue team on the first scientific runs. Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla reported a good leak check of the Combustion Module-2 ...more... 29 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's seven astronauts took a break from their around-the-clock scientific research today to answer reporters' questions in the traditional on-orbit crew news conference. Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Mission Specialists Dave Brown, Kalpana ...more... 31 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia crewmembers deactivated experiments and began stowing gear to prepare for their scheduled Saturday landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Mission Specialists Dave Brown, Kalpana ...more... 1 February 2003 - Loss of STS-107. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-107. The shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry at an altitude of 63.15 km and a speed of Mach 18. All hands aboard were lost. The loss grounded the shuttle fleet pending a failure investigation and left the crew of Bowersox, Pettit and Budarin aboard the International Space Station with a Soyuz emergency return vehicle but without means of major station resupply. 1 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts were lost today when the vehicle broke up over north central Texas during its reentry from orbit. Communications were lost with Columbia and its crew at around 8:00 a.m. CST, while ...more... 2 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Aided by federal and local agencies, NASA stepped up its inquiry into the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts. Multiple investigative teams continue to pore over engineering data in an effort to uncover the cause of the breakup of the orbiter over Texas on Saturday 16 minutes from landing. Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore told an afternoon briefing that a Mishap ...more... 3 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-6. NASA engineers continued to review data and recover debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia today as the analysis of what caused the orbiter to break up Saturday en route to landing continued. Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore told an afternoon briefing that several ...more... 4 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-6. As NASA paused to pay tribute to Columbia's astronauts, the agency reported making "considerable progress" in recovering debris from the Space Shuttle and analyzing data in the search for clues to what caused the orbiter to breakup 16 minutes before its landing last Saturday. President and Mrs. Bush joined NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe in honoring astronauts ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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