Michael R. Clifford
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About
NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Aviator with over 3,400 hours of flying time and 12 hours of spacewalk time. He flew aboard the Discovery, Endeavour, and Atlantis.
Before Fame
He was a First Class Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
Trivia
He was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1994 and was the subject of a documentary detailing his struggle with the disease.
Family Life
His first son, Richard, was born in March 1980.
Associated With
He flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery like fellow astronaut Ellison Onizuka, who was later killed in the ill-fated Challenger mission.
