Walter, Ulrich, 1954-

LC control no.	no 98099103
Personal name heading	Walter, Ulrich, 1954- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Munich, Germany
Birth date	1954-02-09
Place of birth	Iserlohn, Germany
Field of activity	Physics Engineering Astronautics Astronautics--Study and teaching
Affiliation	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Technische Universitat Munchen. Institut für Astronautik
Profession or occupation	Physicists Engineers Astronauts College teachers
Found in	In 90 Minuten um die Erde, c1997: t.p. (Ulrich Walter; member of the German Space Shuttle Mission D-2) jkt. (Dr. Ulrich Walter; b. 1954) Astronautics, 2018: title page, etc (Ulrich Walter, Institute of Astronautics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany; crew member of the STS-55 Space Shuttle mission and full professor of astronautics) Wikipedia viewed 8 July 2019: Ulrich Walter page (Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hans Walter, born February 9, 1954, is a German physicist/engineer and former DFVLR astronaut ; born in Iserlohn ; studied physics at the University of Cologne, where he was awarded a diploma degree in 1980 and a doctorate in 1985, both in the field of solid-state physics ; held post-doctorate positions at the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois and at the University of California at Berkeley ; selected in 1987 to joint the German astronaut team and flew on board the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-55 (Spacelab D-2) as a payload specialist after which he worked for another four years managing a space imaging database project for the DLR [German Aerospace Center] ; since 2003 he has been a full professor at the Technische Universität Munchen (Munich, Germany) holding the chair of the Institute of Astronautics (space technology) ; he is the author of several books and also does work as a television presenter ; lives near Munich, Germany) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Walter>
Associated language	eng