Charles D. Walker
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Charles David Walker is an American engineer and astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a Payload Specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
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Bill Nelson and Charles Walker inspect hardware for growth of protein crystals in space (1985).
Charlie Walker speaking to visitors of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (2009)
STS-51-D
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STS-51-D was the 16th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fourth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The launch of STS-51-D from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 12, 1985, was delaye
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…training program of a few months. Although Walker believed at the time that 41-D would be his only flight, he also accompanied the CFES equipment on STS-51-D, and STS-61-B, accumulating 20 days of experience in space and traveling 8.2 million miles. Aboard these Space Shuttle missions Walker also performed…
The crew attempt to activate Syncom IV-3 via a "flyswatter" device attached to Discovery's Canadarm
Back row: Griggs, Walker and Garn Front row: Bobko, Williams, Seddon and HoffmanSpace Shuttle program← STS-51-C (15)STS-51-B (17) →
Telesat-I during deployment
Syncom IV-3 during deployment