Michael P. Anderson
This article is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. You can help by converting this article to prose, if appropriate. Editing help is available. (May 2010) Michael Phillip Anderson NASA Astronaut Nationality American Status Deceased Born (1959-12-25)December 25, 1959 Plattsburgh, New York, United States Died February 1, 2003(2003-02-01) (aged 43) over Texas Previous occupation Pilot, Scientist Alma mater Washington, B.S. 1981 Creighton, M.S. 1990 Rank Lt. Colonel, USAF Time in space 24d 18h 08m Selection 1994 NASA Group Missions STS-89, STS-107 Mission insignia Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) 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.