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Ulrich Walter |
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Ulrich Walter |
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BIRTHDATE AND PLACE: Born February 9, 1954, in Iserlohn, Germany FAMILY: Married, two children RECREATION: Recreational He enjoys sports, such as badminton, basketball, and soccer, but also pop and interests classical music, electronics, and photography. EDUCATION: Education 1960-64 Primary School in Iserlohn 1964-72 Märkisches Gymnasium (secondary school) in Iserlohn 1974-80 Studying Physics at the University at Cologne 1980 Diploma in Experimental Physics. (Special Field: Solid State Physics) EXPERIENCE: Experience 1972-74 Serving as a volunteer with the German Federal Armed Forces. 1973-74 Lieutenant and instructor at the Army Air-Defence School in Rendsburg, Germany 1980-85 Member of the academic staff at the University at Cologne 1985 Doctoral thesis at the University at Cologne in the field of Solid State Physics 1985-86 Postdoc position at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, USA. 1986-87 Postdoc position at the University of California at Berkaley, USA. 1987-92 Head of the project "Tunneling Microscopy" at the University of Darmstadt. 1987-92 Staff member of the neutron scattering team at the University at Cologne. 1987- Nomination as a German Science Astronaut. 1988-90 Basic astronaut training at German Aerospace Research Establishment, DLR. 1990 Assignment to the German D-2 Mission. 1990-92 D-2 mission-specific training at DLR. 1992-93 NASA shuttle training in Houston. 1993 Payload Specialist PS1 onboard the D-2 Mission, STS-55, April 26 - May 6. 1994-98 Project Manager "German Satellite Data Archive" at DLR
Hosting the biweekly popular science TV Show MaxQ, Bavarian TV Columnist at the astronomy/space magazin StarObserver Author of the book "In 90 Minutes around the Earth", ISBN 3-8003-0802-6 Author of the book "Civilizations in Space – Are we alone?" ISBN 3-8274-0486-X Author of CD-ROM "Earth-Views", ISBN 3-931498-02-6 Editor of CD-ROM "PARSEC", ISBN 3-8032-9015-5 About 40 publications in various international scientific journals. HONORS Research fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley by the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physical Society), 1986-87. NASA Space Flight Medal 1993 German Order of Merit, Class One, 1993 DARA Award 1993 Ritter-von-Gerstner Medal, 1996 Reinhard Furrer Award 1997 LICENSES Private Pilot Licence, PPL Research Scuba Diver Licence International Radiotelephone Operator's Licence, AZF Amateur Radio Licence, Class C, DG1KIM |
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