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      • Lieutenant Colonel Michael P. Anderson always dreamed of being an astronaut. He made that dream come true, but sadly, it came to a tragic end when he, along with six others, perished in the Columbia space shuttle disaster on Feb. 1, 2003.
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  2. Feb 1, 2024 · Decades after the death of astronaut Michael Anderson, Avondale students are still learning about his incredible life and honoring his legacy at a Valley school.

  3. 98. Where did Michael Anderson die? What was the location of death? Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Recently Passed Away Celebrities and Famous People. Michael Anderson Birthday and Date of Death. Michael Anderson was born on January 30, 1920 and died on 25 April 2018. Michael was 98 years old at the time of death. Birthday: January 30, 1920.

  4. Michael Anderson. Director: Logan's Run. London-born Michael Anderson began his career in films as an office boy at Elstree studios. By 1938, he had progressed up the ladder to become assistant director for distinguished film makers Noël Coward, David Lean and Anthony Asquith.

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    By age 3, Anderson knew he would venture into space. “It was just the adventure of it,” he later recalled. In an interview with the Spokesman-Review before his first space flight, one of his sisters shared how the future astronaut sent her on imaginary trips to the moon every Saturday morning, beaming her up to the top bunk bed in his room. Not sur...

    As an astronaut candidate, Anderson began a grueling training program that included survival training, space shuttle simulator exercises, classes in navigation and orbital dynamics, and more. Once he was assigned as mission specialist for Space Shuttle Endeavour, Anderson began one year of mission-specific training with the rest of the crew. On tha...

    The Columbia mission ended tragically on Feb. 1, 2003, just 16 minutes before the shuttle’s scheduled landing at Cape Canaveral. NASA later confirmed that damage to the spacecraft’s left wing during the launch—damage NASA had mistakenly deemed non-threatening during the mission—allowed hot atmospheric gases to enter the wing upon reentry. After the...

  5. Apr 30, 2018 · LONDON (AP) — British director Michael Anderson, whose films included war epic “The Dam Busters” and sci-fi classic “Logan’s Run,” has died at age 98. Anderson’s family said Sunday that he died...

  6. Apr 28, 2018 · REXUSA. Michael Anderson, the British director who received an Oscar nomination for overseeing the sprawling spectacle Around the World in 80 Days and later helmed the cult sci-fi classic Logan ’s...

  7. Feb 9, 2003 · Anderson and six colleagues died Feb. 1 when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart 16 minutes before it was due to land. The shuttle disintegrated 207,000 feet up — not quite space, but not...