Name: Walker, Charles Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-41D August 30, 1984 - Discovery September 5, 1984 - Discovery
2. STS-51D April 12, 1985 - Discovery April 19, 1985 - Discovery
3. STS-61B November 27, 1985 - Atlantis December 3, 1985 - Atlantis

Space Flights Descriptions
1. STS-41D Deployed SBS-4 for Satellite Business System, SYNCOM IV-2 (Leasat 2) and Telstar 3C for AT&T
Tested deployment of an experimental solar array wing as part of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Payload 1 (OAST-1) - First commercial astronaut
STS-51A(a)
(Cancelled)
Planned shuttle mission to deploy Telesat-H (Anik D-2) for TELESAT Canada
Cancelled after payload delays
STS-51D(a)
(Cancelled)
Planned Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) retrieval mission
Cancelled due to timing problem with TDRS-B payload to be launched on the STS-51E mission
2. STS-51D Deployed SYNCOM IV-3 (Leasat 3) and Telesat-I (Anik C-1) for TELESAT Canada
Perigee kick motor of SYNCOM IV-3 failed to start and was repaired during the STS-51I mission.
3. STS-61B Deployed Morelos-B for Mexico, AUSSAT 2 for Australia and RCA SATCOM Ku-2 for RCA Americom
STS-61M
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew for the planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C) deployment shuttle mission
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster
STS-71D
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew for a planned shuttle mission to deploy commercial communications satellites
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster

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Updated - June 5, 2006