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NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker

Shannon Walker was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2004 and is currently the supervisor for the 2021 Class of Astronauts. She most recently served onboard the International Space Station as commander of Expedition 65 and as a flight engineer on Expedition 64.

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Walker returned to Houston in 2000 after a year in Russia and became the technical lead for the station MER as well as the Deputy Manager of the On-Orbit Engineering Office.

Walker returned to Houston in 2000 after a year in Russia and became the technical lead for the station MER as well as the Deputy Manager of the On-Orbit Engineering Office.

Walker served as the pilot on the Soyuz spacecraft that took her and her crew to the ISS and served as a Flight Engineer on the Station for Expeditions 24 and 25.

Walker served as the pilot on the Soyuz spacecraft that took her and her crew to the ISS and served as a Flight Engineer on the Station for Expeditions 24 and 25.

Walker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics, as well as Master of Science and a Doctorate of Philosophy degrees in Space Physics, all from Rice University in Houston.

Walker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics, as well as Master of Science and a Doctorate of Philosophy degrees in Space Physics, all from Rice University in Houston.

(28 June 2010) Flight engineer (co-pilot) Shannon Walker on-board the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, TMA-19 which launched on June 15, 2010.

(25 November 2010) Shannon Walker looking out of the international space station’s cupola at the Caribbean view beneath.

(26 April 2021) Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Thomas Pesquet pose for a portrait inside the Columbus laboratory module form the European Space Agency. Pesquet was setting up hardware to perform a series of dexterous manipulation tasks for the Grip study that may lead to improved spacecraft interfaces and deeper insights into human cognition in space.

(25 January 2021) NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker services samples for the BioNutrients study that is exploring ways to produce vitamins and other nutrients to enhance a crew member’s diet while living in space.

(13 October 2004) A number of NASA’s 2004 class of astronaut candidates and some JAXA astronauts tumble during one of a series of reduced gravity sessions provided by special parabolas flown by a KC-135 aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. Randolph J. (Randy) Bresnik, pilot candidate, and Shannon Walker, mission specialist candidate, are in the foreground.

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NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker collects leaf samples from plants growing inside the European Columbus laboratory.

(28 January 2021) NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker collects leaf samples from plants growing inside the European Columbus laboratory. Space agriculture is key to the success and sustainability of future human missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

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