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When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

Michael P. Anderson

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Michael P. Anderson
Age: 43 †
Born: 1959
Born: December 25
Died: 2003
Died: February 1
Aircraft Pilot
Astronaut
Military Officer
Physicist
Plattsburgh
New York
Michael Phillip Anderson
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