Michael Phillip Anderson, born December 25, 1959 in Plattsburg, NY, was a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. After graduating from the University of Washington in Seattle he became a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. In 1986, he was selected to attend undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma.
Anderson reported to NASA in March 1995 and qualified to become a mission specialist. His first Space Shuttle flight was on Endeavour (STS-89) in January 1998 to the space station Mir.
His second and final flight was aboard the ill-fated mission of Columbia (STS-107) which disintegrated over north Texas upon its return in February 2003.
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