Background
Baker, Ellen Shulman was born on April 27, 1953 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Melvin Shulman.
Baker, Ellen Shulman was born on April 27, 1953 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Melvin Shulman.
Bachelor in Geology, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1974. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1978. Graduate Air Force Aerospace Medicine Course, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, 1981.
Master of Science in Public Health, University Texas, 1994.
Baker serves as Chief of the /Medical Branch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut Office. They have two daughters. After completing medical school, Baker trained in internal medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.
In 1981, after three years of training, she was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Prior to her selection as an astronaut candidate she served as a physician in the Flight Medicine Clinic at the Selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration in May 1984, Baker became an astronaut in June 1985. Since then, she has had a variety of jobs at National Aeronautics and Space Administration in support of the Space Shuttle program and Space Station development.
She was a mission specialist on STS-34 in 1989, STS-50 in 1992, and STS-71 in 1995 and has logged over 686 hours in space. She is Chief of the Astronaut Office /Medical Branch.
Spaceflight experience STS-34 Atlantis (October 18–23, 1989) launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
During the mission, the crew deployed the Galileo probe to explore Jupiter, operated the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Instrument (SSBUV) to map atmospheric ozone, conducted several medical experiments, and numerous scientific experiments. STS-50 Columbia (June 25, 1992 - July 9, 1992) launched and landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-50 was the first flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory and the first Extended Duration Orbiter flight.
Over a two-week period, the crew conducted scientific experiments involving crystal growth, fluid physics, fluid dynamics, biological science, and combustion science.
STS-71 Atlantis (June 27-July 7, 1995) launched from the Kennedy Space Center with a seven-member crew and returned there with an eight-member crew. STS-71 was the first Space Shuttle mission to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir, and involved an exchange of crews.
The Atlantis Space Shuttle was modified to carry a docking system compatible with the Russian Mir Space Station. lieutenant also carried a Spacelab module in the payload bay in which the crew performed various life sciences experiments and data collections.
Married Kenneth J. Baker. 1 child, Karen Sarah.
