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My Take
What stays with me about Clayton Anderson is the trajectory from Omaha to orbit, earned through engineering rather than glamour. Reaching the ISS on Expedition 15 is remarkable enough, but I find his second act even more telling: returning to teach at his alma mater, Iowa State, and later steering the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum. That is someone determined to hand his experience down rather than coast on it. His active presence as Astro_Clay rounds out the picture of a grounded explorer who never lost the urge to share the view. I respect that quiet, generous kind of ambition far more than spectacle.
Overview
Clayton Conrad Anderson (born February 23, 1959) is a retired NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007 as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew. He is currently an author, a motivational speaker, and a Professor of Practice at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. In 2022, he became the president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Clayton Anderson
- Name (Japanese)
- クレイトン・アンダーソン
- Reading
- くれいとん・あんだーそん
- Born
- February 23, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- military flight engineer / astronaut / engineer / radio operator / aerospace engineer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Iowa State University
Awards & achievements
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.