NAME: Clayton C.
Anderson
NASA Astronaut
PERSONAL DATA: Born February 23, 1959 in Omaha,
Nebraska. He considers Ashland, Nebraska to be his hometown. Married
to the former Susan Jane Harreld of Elkhart, Indiana.
They have two children; a son, Clayton "Cole" and a daughter, Sutton Marie. His
mother, Alice J. Anderson, resides in Ashland, Nebraska. His father, John T.
Anderson, is deceased. Her parents are Jack and Mary Harreld
of Bella Vista, Arkansas.
Recreational interests include officiating College
and High School basketball; participation in all sports; coaching youth sports;
flying; reading; writing music; playing the piano/organ and vocal performance.
As an undergraduate he competed on the football, basketball and track teams.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Ashland-Greenwood
High School, Ashland, Nebraska, 1977; received a bachelor of
science degree (Cum Laude) in Physics from Hastings College, Nebraska in
1981 and a master of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State
University in 1983.
ORGANIZATIONS: Southwest Basketball Officials
Association; Former Men's College Basketball Official: Red River Athletic,
Southern Collegiate Athletic, Heart of Texas, Lone Star, and Texas/New Mexico
Junior College Athletic Conferences; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
(AOPA); Johnson Space Center Employee Activities Association: Vice President of
Athletics (1987-1992); Clear Lake Optimist Club Past President and Vice
President. Alpha Chi National Scholastic Honor Society, Hastings College, Hastings
Nebraska (1980-1981).
SPECIAL HONORS: Honorary Doctorate Degree from
Hastings College, 2004; Distinguished Alumnus Award, National Council of Alpha
Chi 2001; NASA Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition (QASAR) Award 1998;
NCAA National Christian College Basketball Championships Official (1997, 1998);
JSC Certificate of Commendation (1993); Outstanding Young Man of America (1981,
1985, 1987); Bronco Award Winner, Hastings College (1981).
NASA EXPERIENCE: Anderson joined the Johnson Space
Center in 1983 in the Mission Planning and Analysis Division where he performed
rendezvous and proximity operations trajectory designs for early Space Shuttle
and Space Station missions.
In 1988 he moved to the Mission Operations
Directorate (MOD) as a Flight Design Manager leading the trajectory design team
for the Galileo planetary mission (STS-34) while serving as the backup for the
Magellan planetary mission (STS-31).
In 1989, Anderson was chosen supervisor of the MOD
Ascent Flight Design Section and following reorganization, the Flight Design
Engineering Office of the Flight Design and Dynamics Division. In 1993 he was
named the Chief of the Flight Design Branch. From 1996 until his selection
Anderson held the post of Manager, Emergency Operations Center, NASA Johnson Space Center.
Selected as a mission specialist by NASA in June
1998, he reported for training in August of that year. Training included orientation
briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical briefings, intensive
instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) systems,
physiological training, ground school to prepare for T-38 flight training, as
well as learning water and wilderness survival techniques.
Prior to being assigned to a spaceflight Anderson
served as the lead for the Enhanced Caution and Warning (ECW) System
development effort within the Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade (CAU)
Project.
Previously, he was the Crew Support Astronaut for ISS
Expedition 4, providing ground support on technical issues in addition to
supporting the crew families. Anderson also served as an ISS Capsule
Communicator (CAPCOM) and as the Astronaut
Office crew representative for the Station's electrical power system. In
November of 2002, Anderson completed training in the Extravehicular Activity
(EVA) Skills program.
Anderson also served as a member of NASA's NEEMO
5 mission to the underwater habitat Aquarius in
the summer of 2003, during which he, fellow astronauts and scientists spent 14
days working and living on the ocean floor.
Anderson most recently was back-up Flight Engineer
for Expeditions
12,13 and 14 to
the Station. He is now assigned to the Expedition
15 crew and will spend 3 to 6 months onboard the International Space
Station. He will launch to the station aboard space shuttle Endeavour with the crew of
STS-118, targeted for launch in June 2007, and will return to earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis on mission
STS-120.
Last updated: November 2006
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