Michael P. Anderson
Astronaut
1959 – 2003
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Who was Michael P. Anderson?
Michael Phillip Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Anderson was born in Plattsburgh, New York, into an Air Force family and grew up as a Military Aspirant. He attended high school in Cheney, Washington, while his father was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, west of Spokane.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1959
Plattsburgh - Also known as
- Michael Phillip Anderson
- Spouses
- Sandra Lynn Hawkins
( - 2003/02/01)
- Sandra Lynn Hawkins
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Cheney High School
( - 1977) - Bachelor of Science, University of Washington
Physics
( - 1981) - Astronomy
- Master of Science, Creighton University
Physics
( - 1990)
- Cheney High School
- Died
- Feb 1, 2003
Texas
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on July 23, 2013
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