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Shannon Walker
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Shannon Walker is an American astronaut, physicist, and astrophysicist born in Houston in 1965. She is a member of NASA Astronaut Group 19 and was employed by NASA. Walker is educated at Rice University and speaks English. She is part of the Astronauts collection.
Walker served as a crew member of Soyuz TMA-19, SpaceX Crew-1, Expedition 24, and Expedition 25. Her time in space totaled 476020. She has received the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. She is married to Andy Thomas.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-06-04 ) June 4, 1965 (age 61) , Houston, Texas , U.S.
- Education
- Rice University ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Spouse
- Andy Thomas
- Time in space
- 330d 13h 40m
- Selection
- NASA Group 19 (2004)
- Missions
- Soyuz TMA-19 ( Expedition 24 / 25 ), SpaceX Crew-1 ( Expedition 64 / 65 )
- Retirement
- July 10, 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 19
- Given name
- Shannon
- Family name
- Walker
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Spouse
- Andy Thomas
- Occupation
- astrophysicist
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Shannon Walker official portrait 2020 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Shannon Walker
- date of birth
- 1965-06-04
- time in space
- 476020
- name in native language
- Shannon Walker
- member of the crew of
- Expedition 65
- P450
- Expedition 65
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Encyclopedic overview
Shannon Walker (born June 4, 1965) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut selected in 2004. She launched on her first mission into space on June 25, 2010, on board Soyuz TMA-19 and spent over 163 days in space.
She returned to space for her second long-duration mission on November 15, 2020, on board SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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