NASA astronaut Clay Anderson
will be honored at the Kansas City Royals baseball game on May 15. Anderson
will throw out the first pitch as the team hosts the Detroit Tigers at
Kauffman Stadium. Before the game, Anderson will be available to sign
autographs for fans, including an estimated 18,000 students and teachers
attending the 10th Annual "School Day at the K."
Anderson will be available for broadcast media interviews the morning
of the game from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., and print media interviews at the
ballpark. To schedule an interview with Anderson, contact Victor Scott at
281-483-4942.
Anderson was born in Omaha, Neb., but considers Ashland, Neb., his
hometown. He graduated from Ashland-Greenwood High School in Ashland. He
received a Bachelor of Science (cum laude) in physics from Hastings College
in Nebraska in 1981 and a Master of Science in aerospace engineering from
Iowa State University in 1983. That same year, he joined the Johnson Space
Center in the Mission Planning and Analysis Division.
Anderson was selected as an astronaut in 1998. In 2007 he flew as a
member of the STS-117 shuttle crew to the International Space Station where
he spent a five-month tour of duty working as a flight engineer.
Anderson is the first of several space station crew members returning
to their home regions in support of NASA's 2008 Hometown Heroes Campaign.
This year NASA is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the orbiting outpost.
Source: NASA
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