Carl Walz, born September 6, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, is a veteran of four space shuttle flights.
His first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-51) as mission specialist in September 1993. He and fellow astronaut Jim Newman performed an EVA to evaluate tools and procedures for a Hubble Telescope maintenance flight later in the year.
His second flight was aboard Columbia (STS-65) as mission specialist in July 1994. The mission included the second flight of the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2).
Walz's third mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-79) as mission specialist in September 1996. Shannon Lucid returned from Mir after her record-breaking stay.
His fourth and final mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-108) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in December 2001. Walz was part of Expedition 4. He returned to Earth in June 2002 aboard Endeavour (STS-111).
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