Michael P. Anderson

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NASA astronaut United States Air Force officer human

Michael P. Anderson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut → United States Air Force officer → human →
awardReceived	Air Force Commendation Medal → Congressional Space Medal of Honor → Defense Meritorious Service Medal → Defense Superior Service Medal → Meritorious Service Medal → NASA Distinguished Service Medal → NASA Space Flight Medal →
buriedAt	Arlington National Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	spaceflight accident →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1959-12-25 →
dateOfDeath	2003-02-01 →
diedIn	Space Shuttle Columbia disaster →
educatedAt	University of Washington → Washington State University →
employer	NASA → United States Air Force →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Anderson →
fieldOfStudy	astronomy → physics →
fullName	Michael Phillip Anderson →
givenName	Michael →
hasChild	two daughters →
memberOf	NASA Astronaut Corps →
militaryBranch	United States Air Force →
militaryRank	Lieutenant Colonel →
notableFor	being one of the seven astronauts killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster → service as a mission specialist on STS-107 →
notableWork	research on microgravity science experiments on STS-107 →
occupation	astronaut → military officer →
participantIn	Space Shuttle Columbia disaster →
placeOfBirth	Plattsburgh, New York, United States of America →
placeOfDeath	over Texas, United States of America →
positionHeld	mission specialist →
religion	Baptist →
residence	Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States of America → Spokane, Washington, United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
spacecraft	Space Shuttle Columbia → Space Shuttle Endeavour →
spaceMission	STS-107 → STS-89 →
spouse	Sandra Hawkins Anderson →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Columbia disaster → STS-107 →	crewMember
Congressional Space Medal of Honor →	awardedTo
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial →	dedicatedTo
STS-107 →	missionSpecialist