Michael R. Clifford
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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October 13, 1952 Norton AFB, California, U.S. |
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Other names
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Michael Richard Uram Clifford |
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Other occupation
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Test pilot |
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USMA, B.S. 1974 Georgia Tech, M.S. 1982 |
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| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel, USA |
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Time in space
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27d 18h 24m |
| Selection | 1990 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-53, STS-59, STS-76 |
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Mission insignia
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Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford (born October 13, 1952), is a former United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. Clifford is considered a Master Army Aviator and has logged over 3,400 hours flying in a wide variety of fixed and rotary winged aircraft. Clifford retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He has logged over 12 hours of spacewalk time over three Space Shuttle missions. He is also one of the first people to conduct a spacewalk while docked to an orbiting space station. The spacewalk was conducted during STS-76, while docked at the Russian space station Mir.
Born October 13, 1952 in San Bernardino, California, but considers Ogden, Utah, to be his hometown. He was a First Class Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Married to the former Nancy Elizabeth Brunson of Darlington, South Carolina. They have two sons: Richard Benjamin Clifford and Brandon Brunson Clifford. He enjoys flying, golf, tennis, water and snow skiing, baseball, and coaching youth sports. His parents, Gordon and Lenore Clifford, reside in Ogden. Her late parents, R. Ben and Mary Lee Brunson, resided in Darlington.
Clifford was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1994. A documentary detailing his struggle with the disease was released in late 2011.
Graduated from Ben Lomond High School, Ogden, Utah in 1970; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1974, and a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1982.
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