Michael R. Clifford

Michael R. Clifford is a retired government astronaut from United States of America, affiliated with National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

During their career, Michael R. Clifford flew on 3 spaceflights and completed 1 spacewalk, logging 27 days, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 55 seconds in space.

Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford 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.

Career Statistics

Key facts and career statistics for Michael R. Clifford
Date of Birth	10/13/1952
Status	Retired
First Flight	12/02/1992
Last Flight	03/22/1996
In Space	No
Time in Space	27 days, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 55 seconds
EVA Time	6 hours, 2 minutes
Landings	3

Spaceflights by Michael R. Clifford

Explore the 3 spaceflights Michael R. Clifford participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-53 Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-59 Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-76