Ellen S. Baker
Ellen Louise Shulman Baker is a physician, NASA astronaut, and shuttle . Flew three shuttle missions including Galileo deployment, Spacelab science, and Shuttle-Mir docking work.
- Born
- April 27, 1953
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Fayetteville, North Carolina,United States
Flights
3
Spacewalks
0
EVA time
N/A
In space
28 days, 14 hours, 31 minutes
Bio
Before and around spaceflight, Ellen S.Before and around spaceflight, Baker developed a technical foundation through study at University at Buffalo and Cornell University Medical College and University of Texas School of Public Health. That background matters because the shuttle era depended on astronauts who could move between spacecraft operations, payload science, robotics, aviation, and public-facing international work.
Baker flew on STS-34, STS-50, STS-71 during the operational Space Shuttle era.
Mission Specialist on STS-34, STS-50, and STS-71. Flew on the Galileo deployment mission. Flew on the first shuttle docking with Mir.