CHARLES D. WALKER Color publicity photo of Walker sitting next to a model of the Space Shuttle in a blue NASA jumpsuit, signed "Charlie Walker". Walker was a payload specialist on three shuttle flights. Photograph signed "Charlie/Walker". Color, 7¾x10 overall, 7½x9½ image, one surface. With typed label affixed to verso: "Charles D. Walker/McDonnell Douglas Engineer/and Payload Specialist". Walker, born in Bedford, Indiana in 1948, has been a payload specialist on three Space Shuttle missions: 41-D (Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, 1984) and 51-D (April 12 to 19, 1985), both on Discovery, and 61-B (Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, 1985). Walker graduated from Purdue University in 1971 and worked as a civil engineering technician, land acquisition specialist, forest firefighter and engineer before becoming involved with the Space Shuttle. He joined McDonnell Douglas Corporation in 1977 as a test engineer on the shuttle's Aft Propulsion Substystem. Walker shared a patent on a continuous flow electrophoresis (CFES) device while at McConnell Douglass and trained crews on how to use a CFES payload on four early shuttle flights. While never a NASA employee, Walker's logged a total of 20 days of space experience and traveled 8.2 million miles. He's Senior Manager of Space Programs Development and Marketing at the Boeing Company and president of the National Space Society as of this biography. Lightly toned and faded, otherwise in fine condition. - Please contact us if you have any questions or require additional information. DOCUMENT 88148

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