Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Walker

Joseph Albert

USA

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Personal data

Birthdate:  20.02.1921
Birthplace:  Washington, Pennsylvania
Marital status:  married
Children:  four
Selection date:  ??.??.1960
Selection group:  X-15 1
Position:  PLT
Status:  Ret. 22.08.1963
Date of death:  08.06.1966
Place of death:  Barstow, California

Spaceflights

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Suborbital Spaceflights above the Karman line (100 km)

No. Mission Position Date Duration
1  X-15 Flight No. 90  Pilot  19.07.1963 11m 24,9s 
2  X-15 Flight No. 91  Pilot  22.08.1963 11m 08,6s 

Additional information

Bachelor of arts in physics from Washington and Jefferson College, 1942; one honorary doctorate degree; pilot in World War II; Captain USAF, Ret.; selected in 1960 for X-15 Program (25 flights); NASA testpilot; died in an air crash of a F-104 and a XB-70; received his astronaut wings in 2005 (posthumly).

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