Wendy B. Lawrence
American astronaut and Navy captain (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain, an engineer, and former helicopter pilot and NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She is married to Cathy Watson, a former NASA scientist.[1][2][3]
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Wendy Lawrence | |
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Born | Wendy Barrien Lawrence (1959-07-02) July 2, 1959 (age 64) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) |
Relatives | William P. Lawrence (father) Fatty Lawrence (grandfather) |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Captain, USN (ret.) |
Time in space | 51d 3h 56m |
Selection | NASA Group 14 (1992) |
Missions | STS-67 STS-86 STS-91 STS-114 |
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