Charles D. Walker

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Charles David "Charlie" Walker (born August 29, 1948) is an American engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a Payload Specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. He is the first non-government individual to fly in space.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Bedford

Education

Purdue University

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-61-BPayload Specialist · Success · with Brewster H. Shaw, Bryan D. O'Connor, Jerry L. Ross, Mary L. Cleave, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Sherwood C. SpringNovember 27, 1985
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-DPayload Specialist · Success · with Donald E. Williams, Edwin Jacob Garn, Jeffrey Hoffman, Karol J. Bobko, Margaret Rhea Seddon, S. David GriggsApril 12, 1985
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41-DPayload Specialist · Success · with Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield, Judith Resnik, Michael Coats, Mike Mullane, Steven HawleyAugust 30, 1984