Rex J. Walheim

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rex J. Walheim
Occupation	Military Officer
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1962(1962-10-10)
Age	62
Birthplace	Redwood City
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Libra

Rex J. Walheim Biography

Rex J. Walheim is one of the most popular and richest Military Officer who was born on October 10, 1962 in Redwood City, California, United States. Rex Joseph Walheim, born October 10, 1962, is a former officer in the United States Air Force and an engineer. He is also a NASA astronaut. Three space shuttle missions were flown by him: STS-110 and STS-122, respectively. Walheim spent over 566 hours in space. This included 36 hours and 23 mins of spacewalk time (EVA). As mission specialist and flight engineer for STS-135, the last space shuttle mission, Walheim was assigned.

In August 1989 Walheim was transferred from Colorado Springs to Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Colorado Springs. He was the manager of a program that upgraded missile warning radars. In 1991, he was selected to USAF Test Pilot School. He attended the course at Edwards AFB, California in 1992. After graduating, he was assigned at Edwards to the F-16 Combined Test Force, where he served as a project manager and commander of the avionics-and-armament flight. Walheim was appointed an instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School in January 1996. He served there until he started astronaut training.

During the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009 in Washington, D.C., Walheim marched in the parade carrying an American flag and wearing a prototype of NASA’s next generation spacesuit.

Walheim served as Mission Specialist 2 on the final flight of the Space Shuttle, STS-135, a thirteen-day mission to the International Space Station. The mission launched on July 8, 2011 and landed on July 21.

From October 1986 to January 1989, Walheim was a flight controller at the Johnson Space Center and an operations engineer. In March 1996, NASA selected Walheim as an astronaut candidate. He reported to the Johnson Space Center on August 1996. After two years of training, evaluation and flight assignments, he was certified as a mission specialist. Walheim initially was assigned to technical duties within the Astronaut Office Space Station Operations Branch. Walheim flew three missions, STS-112, STS-122, and STS-135. The final flight of the shuttle saw him log over 566 hours in space. This included over 36 hours and 23 mins of EVA time. He was assigned to EVA branch as the astronaut office representative for Extra Vehicular Mobility Unit (the EVA suit).

Rex J. Walheim Net Worth

Rex J. Walheim is one of the richest Military Officer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rex J. Walheim 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Walheim graduated in 1980 from San Carlos High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984. In 1989, he received a Master of science degree in industrial engineering at the University of Houston.

Walheim was commissioned in May 1984 as a second lieutenant of the Air Force. He was assigned to Cavalier Air Force Station, Cavalier, North Dakota in April 1985 as a commander of the missile warning operations crew. He was transferred to Houston’s Johnson Space Center in October 1986. There he was a mechanical systems flight controller. Also, he was the lead operations engineer of the Space Shuttle landing gear brakes and emergency runway barrier.

In September 2002, Walheim served as an aquanaut on the joint NASA-NOAA NEEMO 4 expedition (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations), an exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the world’s only undersea research laboratory, four miles off shore from Key Largo. Walheim and his crewmates spent five days saturation diving from the Aquarius habitat as a space analogue for working and training under extreme environmental conditions. The mission was delayed due to Hurricane Isadore, forcing National Undersea Research Center managers to shorten it to an underwater duration of five days. Then, three days into their underwater mission, the crew members were told that Tropical Storm Lili was headed in their direction and to prepare for an early departure from Aquarius. However, Lili degenerated to the point where it was no longer a threat, so the crew was able to remain the full five days.

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Rex Ranked on the list of most popular Military Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rex J. Walheim celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.