Background
Walheim, Rex J. was born on October 10, 1962 in Redwood City, California, United States. Son of Lawrence M. Walheim, Junior and Avis L. Walheim.
Walheim, Rex J. was born on October 10, 1962 in Redwood City, California, United States. Son of Lawrence M. Walheim, Junior and Avis L. Walheim.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1984. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, University Houston, 1989.
Commissioned 2nd lieutenant United States Air Force, 1984, advanced through grades to lieutenant colonel. Missile warning operations crew commander United States Air Force Cavalier (North Dakota) Air Force Station, 1984—1986. Mechanical systems flight engineer, lead operations engineer for Space Shuttle landing gear, brakes and emergency runway barrier.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1986—1989. Manager upgrading missile warning radar United States Air Force Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1989—1991. Flight test engineer course United States Air Force Test Pilot School, 1991.
Attended course Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1992. Project manager to Commander avionics and armament flight F-16 Combined Test Force, 1993—1996. Astronaut National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, since 1996.
Served on EVA (extravehicular activity) crew STS-110 Atlantis Mission, 2002. Astronaut office representative for the Extra Vehicular Mobility Unit (EVA spacesuit) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Crew member STS-122 Atlantis Mission to deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station, 2008.
Married Margie Dotson. 2 children.