Clayton Anderson
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Clayton Anderson is a retired American NASA astronaut, born on 23 February 1959. He launched on the Space Shuttle mission STS-117, and on 10 June 2007 replaced Sunita Williams as a member of the International Space Station’s Expedition 15 crew; he stayed on for Expedition 16. He returned to space on STS-131 in 2010, after flying STS-120 in 2007. Wikidata records 166 days and 21 hours in space across three flights. After NASA he became an author and speaker and a professor of practice at Iowa State University, and in 2022 became president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum.
- Born
- 23 February 1959
- Country
- United States
- Flights
- 3: STS-117 (2007), STS-120 (2007), STS-131 (2010)
- Time in space
- 166 days 21 hours
- Stations visited
- International Space Station, as part of Expedition 15, Expedition 16
Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.
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