Signed NASA Photo of Charles D Walker
Signed NASA Photo of Charles D Walker
Signed NASA photograph of Charles Walker, with an astronaut profile on the reverse.Charles Walker was confirmed by NASA as the first industrial payload specialist in 1983. He went on to rack up a total of three space flights – accumulating 20 days experience in space, travelling 8.2 million miles. Despite never being an employee of NASA, Walker flew aboard the three Space Shuttle missions STS-41-D, STS-51-D and STS-61-B. This included being a crew member on the Space Shuttle Discovery’s first flight. Walker shared a patent with McDonnell Douglas for the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis Device (CFES), which he accompanied on-board his three space flights. CFES separated solutions of biological materials by passing electric fields through them and was used in experiments into diabetes treatments.
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Object number
2014-37
Location
Artefact Store
Has this object been into space?
No
Dimension - Dimension, Value, Measurement unit
Height: 25.5cm
Width: 20.5cm
Material
Card
Ink
Associated Person
Charles Walker
Object Production Date
2014
Object Production Organisation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Object Production Place
Texas
Houston
Johnson Space Center
United States
On Display Status
Not on display
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