SPACE SHUTTLE 1/100 SCALE ORBITER MODEL, SIGNED BY ASTRONAUT CLAY ANDERSON

SPACE SHUTTLE 1/100 SCALE ORBITER MODEL, SIGNED BY ASTRONAUT CLAY ANDERSON - DIMENSIONS: 14.5" X 9.25"

ANDERSON WAS A MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION 15 CREW AND SPENT 152 DAYS ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. HE LAUNCHED TO THE STATION ABOARD SHUTTLE ATLANTIS AS MISSION SPECIALIST 5 FOR THE STS-117 MISSION ON JUNE 8, 2007 AND REMAINED ON BOARD AS A MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION 15 CREW BEFORE RETURNING TO EARTH ABOARD DISCOVERY ON MISSION STS-120 ON NOVEMBER 7, 2007.

ON RETURN HIS OFFICIAL TITLE WAS MISSION SPECIALIST 5. TWO OF THE PHOTOS THAT HE TOOK DURING HIS JULY AND AUGUST 2007 SPACEWALKS WERE LISTED ON POPULAR SCIENCES PHOTO GALLERY OF THE BEST ASTRONAUT SELFIES.

HE WAS A MISSION SPECIALIST ON STS-131, LAUNCHED IN APRIL 2010. THE PRIMARY PAYLOAD OF THIS MISSION WAS A MULTI-PURPOSE LOGISTICS MODULE LOADED WITH SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.