VEISHEA Opening Ceremony with Clayton Anderson

Astronaut and Iowa State alum Clayton Anderson will share his experiences spending 152 days in space and on the International Space Station. He joined the Johnson Space Center in 1983 and held a number of positions before being selected as a mission specialist in 1998. In June 2007 he launched to the International Space Station aboard Shuttle Atlantis with the crew of STS-117. During his 152 day stint onboard the ISS, Anderson performed three spacewalks, totaling 18 hours of extravehicular activity. He holds a a master of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University (1983). Part of the Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.