Shannon Walker | |
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![]() Walker in 2020 | |
Born | |
Education | Rice University (BS, MS, PhD) |
Spouse | Andy Thomas |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 330d 13h 40m |
Selection | NASA Group 19 (2004) |
Missions | Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65) |
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Shannon Walker (born June 4, 1965) is an American physicist and a NASA astronaut selected in 2004. She launched on her first mission into space on June 25, 2010, onboard Soyuz TMA-19 and spent over 163 days in space.[1]
She returned to space for her second long-duration mission on November 15, 2020, onboard SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.