# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clayton-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:44.421Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/clayton-anderson"
name: "Clayton Anderson"
slug: "clayton-anderson"
description: "Clayton Conrad Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007 as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew. He is currently an author, a motivational speaker, and a Professor of Practice at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. In 2022, he became the president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum."
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birthDate: "1959-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump