Sarah Walker Email & Phone Number

Hawthorne, California, United States

I currently lead SpaceX’s team of Mission Managers and Integrators for Dragon missions, supporting multiple SpaceX contracts including CRS (Cargo Resupply Services - cargo supply missions to the International Space Station), CCP (Commercial Crew Program - Crew missions for NASA and international partners to ISS), Axiom (collaboration with Axiom Space to fly commercial individuals on missions to the ISS) and other development programs. I also get the privilege of representing SpaceX at the pre- and post-mission press events, a few samples linked below.

Hawthorne, California

Hawthorne, Ca

Managed multiple Commercial Resupply Services missions (CRS-6, -9 and -11), and previously managed the launch of two commercial satellites. I coordinated teams across SpaceX and served as the primary focal to the NASA ISS Program throughout the ~2 years of mission planning, design, build, and execution.

Hawthorne, Ca

Mission Integrator and ISS Integration Lead for first three CRS missions to ISS; responsible for successful completion of ISS Integration (certification of Dragon spacecraft to approach ISS). Also as a part of this role, I was the cargo specialist for 5 CRS missions. In this capacity I developed the cargo packing configuration for vehicle center of gravity (CG) optimization and resulting flight dynamics (roll angle/angle of attack) within flight rule constraints. I wrote loading procedures to accommodate orientation constraints, special handling, safety considerations, and time criticality of cargo. I planned all personnel, shipment, and facility logistics, and personally handled, loaded, and unloaded all NASA ISS Cargo pre-launch and post-splashdown. I trained ISS crewmembers on the cargo racks and Dragon interior at the Crew Equipment Interface Test pre-flight, then served as the on-console expert for ISS crew as they unloaded/reloaded cargo in Dragon.

Competitor in the University Nanosat Program (UNP-6) funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, competing for space flight as a secondary payload through design, development, and testing of a 50 kg satellite.Project Systems Engineer (PSE): Lead Technical Engineer for the Rapid Reconnaissance and Response (R3) Satellite/Mission.Telecommunications Engineer: Designed the ground-to-satellite communications link and communications hardware for the R3 Satellite.

Satellite Design and Software Development Engineer

Assisted Dr. Robert Mott (Fluid Systems Design Branch, Kennedy Space Center) in design of the Ares I Mobile Launcher Environmental Control System.Modeled finished Environmental Control System plans using Pro-Engineer and drafted multi-level system requirements.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: - Publication: "Link Analysis Methodology for Secondary Payloads" (Primary Author), published in the Journal.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering

- Received a minor in Spanish Language - President’s Scholar, Fleet Scholar, Women in Engineering Scholar, Lockheed Martin Scholar, STARS.