Editing Michael P. Anderson (section)

==Legacy and tributes==
[[Image:MPAndersonMemHwySign.jpg|thumb|180px|right| Sign along [[Washington State Route 904]], commemorating<br>Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson.]]
*[[Washington State Route 904|State Route 904]], running through [[Cheney, Washington]], where Anderson graduated from high school, was renamed in his memory.
*The science and math wing of Cheney High School is dedicated to his memory.
*[[Asteroid]] [[51824 Mikeanderson]] was posthumously named after Anderson.
* Anderson Hall, in the Columbia Village apartments at the [[Florida Institute of Technology]] is named after him.
* Anderson Plaza, the green space in front of the Hixson-Lied Science Center at [[Creighton University]] was named after him in a compromise between the student body, who wanted the Science Center named for Anderson, and the administration who had already sold the naming rights to the Hixson-Lied family.
* Blair Elementary School on [[Fairchild Air Force Base]] in Washington was renamed Michael Anderson Elementary School in January 2004. Anderson attended the school as a fifth-grader.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q9wnAAAAIBAJ&pg=6511,2772358|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|last=Kromer|first=Kristen|title=New school honors Cheney astronaut|date=October 3, 2003|page=B2}}</ref>
* Avondale Elementary School in [[Avondale, Arizona]] was renamed Michael Anderson Elementary in his honor.  He attended school there when he was in 3rd grade, and one of the school T-shirts was aboard the ''Columbia'' on its last voyage.
* In 2003, Anderson was inducted into the International Forest of Friendship, in Atchison, KS as part of a memorial to the ''Columbia'' astronauts.<ref>The International Forest of Friendship(http://www.ifof.org) is a living, growing memorial to the world history of aviation and aerospace in Amelia Earhart's hometown.</ref>
* Anderson Park in [[Canton, Mississippi]] was dedicated in June 2004.
* An outdoor bronze statue of Anderson was unveiled in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] in June 2005. Larger-than-life, it was created by local artist Dorothy Fowler, and shows Anderson kneeling with his helmet in one hand and a dove in the other.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/jun/11/michael-p-anderson-statue-to-be-dedicated-in/|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|last=Kraus|first=Hilary|title=Michael P. Anderson statue to be dedicated in public ceremony|date=June 11, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://michaelandersonmemorialstatue.org/default.aspx|publisher=Michael Anderson Memorial Statue|title=Photo|access-date=October 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102190947/http://michaelandersonmemorialstatue.org/default.aspx|archive-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref>
* A duplicate statue was dedicated at the [[Museum of Flight]] in [[Seattle]] in June 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumofflight.org/press/museum-flight-statue-honors-washington-state-astronaut-michael-p-anderson|publisher=Museum of Flight|title=Museum of Flight statue honors Washington state astronaut Michael P. Anderson|date=June 26, 2009|access-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> and the museum launched an aerospace program in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumofflight.org/programs/michael-p-anderson-memorial-aerospace-program|publisher=Museum of Flight|title=Michael P. Anderson Memorial Aerospace Program|access-date=October 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716074333/http://www.museumofflight.org/programs/michael-p-anderson-memorial-aerospace-program|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>
* An outdoor mural in the city of Plattsburgh was unveiled in October 2020 honoring Michael P. Anderson. On July 4, 2021, the city of Plattsburgh held a dedication for the mural, where the Anderson family was given a key to the city and led the annual Independence Day parade.
* Lunar crater M. Anderson is named after him.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lunar crater M. Anderson | url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14137?__fsk=-1412240727 | website = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | publisher = [[IAU]] | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>
* The Creighton University Physics Department, from which Anderson received his master's degree, maintains a statue and physics scholarship in his honor.<ref>{{cite web | title=Undergraduate Scholarships | url=https://physics.creighton.edu/content/students/undergraduate-student-manual/undergraduate-scholarships | website = Creighton University Physics | publisher = [Creighton University] | access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Creighton University Honors Columbia Astronaut With Statue Unveiling | url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/home/article/15080091/creighton-university-honors-columbia-astronaut-with-statue-unveiling | website = Diverse Education | date=30 June 2004 | publisher = [Diverse Education] | access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>