David M. Walker
American - ( NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: May 20, 1944
Date of Death: April 23, 2001
David Mathieson "Dave" Walker was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-A
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 8, 1984, 12:15 p.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-30
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 4, 1989, 6:46 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-53
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1992, 1:24 p.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-69
Lockheed Martin Space Operations | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 7, 1995, 3:09 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Astrophysics
STS-69 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission, and the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 7 September 1995. It was the 100th successful manned NASA spaceflight, not including X-15 flights.
Low Earth Orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
PSLV
DS-EO & others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaDS-EO is an electro-optical multispectral Earth observation satellite for DSTA from Singapore. Secondary payloads are NeuSAR and SCOOB-I, both also f…
Falcon 9
SES-22
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAGeostationary communications satellite
Electron
CAPSTONE
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandCAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a 12-U cubesat mission to test operations in nea…
Long March 4C
Gaofen-12-03
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a …
Black Brant IX
XQC
Suborbital Launch Ramp - Arnhem Space CentreThe X-ray Quantum Calorimeter Experiment (XQC) is a payload from the University of Wisconsin. Its objective is to measure X-rays with unprecedented p…
