Editing Ulrich Walter (section)

== Education ==
Walter was born in [[Iserlohn]]. After finishing secondary school there and two years in the [[Bundeswehr]], he studied [[physics]] at the [[University of Cologne]]. In 1980, he was awarded a diploma degree, and five years later a doctorate, both in the field of [[solid-state physics]].

After two post-doc positions at the [[Argonne National Laboratory]], [[Chicago, Illinois]], and the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]], California, he was selected in 1987 to join the [[German astronaut team]]. From 1988 to 1990, he completed basic training at the [[German Aerospace Center]], and was then nominated to be in the prime crew for the second German [[Spacelab]] mission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biografie von Ulrich Walter|url=https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/Germany/Biografie_von_Ulrich_Walter|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.esa.int|language=en}}</ref>

Walter is married, has two children, and lives near [[Munich]], [[Germany]].