Missions and Ranks
Mission Specialist 2
STS-89: Endeavor
Captain Terrence W. Wilcutt
Missions and Ranks
Payload Commander/Lieutenant Colonel in Charge of Science Experiments
STS-107: Columbia
Captain Rick D. Husband
Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
STS-89 Destination:
Mir space station exchange
STS-107 Destination:
SPAEHAB Double Research Module experiments
Lieutenant Colonel Anderson was an instructor pilot and tactics officer in the U.S. Air Force. Anderson is the recipient of many awards and honors, some of which include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the USAF Meritorious Service Medal and the USAF Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster.
Michael Anderson became an astronaut in 1995 and qualified for flight crew assignment as a mission specialist. He flew on Endeavour STS-89, the eighth Shuttle Mir docking mission. He has logged over 593 hours in space.
Anderson served as a mission specialist on Columbia STS-107. The mission ended abruptly when space shuttle Columbia and its crew perished during entry, 16 minutes before its scheduled landing on February 1, 2003.
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