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Meet the Engineer Who Became an Astronaut—15 Years Later
Clayton Anderson, "the ordinary spaceman," talks his long journey to the ISS, the view from 250 miles above the Earth, and the extraordinary things on the horizon for space travel. After so many years of trying to get into the astronaut program, what was it like when you finally got up on the shuttle and experienced the micro-gravity for the first time? Clayton Anderson: I don't know honestly if I thought back to the 15 tries to apply. I think that my 15 attempts...
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His persistence paid off for this exciting job.