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Biographical Data

Ulrich Walter
German Science Astronaut (Payload Specialist)

PERSONAL DATA: Born February 9, 1954, in Iserlohn, Germany. Married. Two children. He enjoys sports, such as badminton, basketball, and soccer, as well as pop and classical music, electronics (analog, digital, and HF), and photography.

ORGANIZATIONS: Member, German Physical Society.

PUBLICATIONS: Dr. Walter has some 35 publications in various international scientific journals. Author of two "Bericht der KFA Jlich" (Reports of the National Research Laboratory at Julich, Germany).

SPECIAL HONORS: A research fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley by the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physical Society), 1986-1987.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Physical Science in the fields of Neutron Scattering Techniques, Rare Earth Magnetism, High-Tc Superconductivity, and ScanningTunneling Microscopy.

EDUCATION:

• 1960-1964 Primary School in Iserlohn
• 1964-1972 Mrkisches Gymnasium (secondary school) in Iserlohn.
• 1974-1980 Studying Physics at the University at Cologne.
• 1980 Diploma in Experimental Physics. (Special Field: Crystal Field Effects in metallic systems.

EXPERIENCE:

• 1972-1973 Served as a volunteer with the German Federal Armed Forces.
• 1973-1974 Lieutenant and instructor at the Army Air-Defense School, Rendsburg, Germany.
• 1980-1985 Member of the academic staff at the University of Cologne in the field of Solid State Physics.
• 1985 Doctoral Thesis at the University of Cologne in the field of Solid State Physics.
• 1985-1986 Post-doctoral position at Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois.
• 1986-1987 Post-doctoral position at the University of California at Berkley, California.
• Aug 1987 Nominated as a German Science Astronaut.
• 1988-90 Basic Astronaut Training at DLR.
• Sep 1990 Assignment to the German D-2 Mission.

SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Dr. Walter flew as prime payload specialist PS-1 on STS-55 Columbia (April 26 to May 6, 1993). STS-55 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Nearly 90 experiments were conducted during this German-sponsored Spacelab D-2 mission to investigate life sciences, materials sciences, physics, robotics, astronomy and the Earth and its atmosphere. STS-55 also flew the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) making contact with students in 14 schools around the world. At mission conclusion, Dr. Walter had traveled over 4.1 million miles in 160 Earth orbits, and logged over 239 hours in space.

MAY 1993

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