Shannon Walker

Shannon Walker is a NASA astronaut and space physicist. She was born in 1961 in Houston, Texas. She earned her undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Houston and her Master's and Doctorate degrees in Space Physics from the University of Texas. She worked as a robotics flight controller for the space shuttle program at Rockwell Space Operations Company before being selected by NASA in 2004. She served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station for a long-duration mission. Shannon is a renowned expert in space physics and has published several papers on the subject.