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Jim Wetherbee

Retired· NASA · American

Jim Wetherbee

James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six Space...

Spaceflights

6

Time in space

66days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 6

STS-113

Launched: Nov 24, 2002 · 00:49 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Dec 7, 2002

Crewmates

Paul LockhartNASA
John HerringtonNASA
Nikolai BudarinRoscosmos
Donald PettitNASA
Ken BowersoxNASA
Michael López-AlegríaAXS

Success· Flight 5

STS-102

Launched: Mar 8, 2001 · 11:42 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Mar 21, 2001

Crewmates

James M. KellyNASA
Paul W. RichardsNASA
Andy ThomasNASA
Yury UsachovRoscosmos
James S. VossNASA
Susan HelmsNASA

Success· Flight 4

STS-86

Launched: Sep 26, 1997 · 02:34 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Mir
Landed: Oct 6, 1997

Crewmates

Michael J. BloomfieldNASA
Jean-Loup ChrétienCNES
David WolfNASA
Wendy B. LawrenceNASA
Scott E. ParazynskiNASA
Vladimir Georgiyevich TitovRoscosmos

Success· Flight 3

STS-63

Launched: Feb 3, 1995 · 05:22 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Mir
Landed: Feb 11, 1995

Crewmates

Eileen CollinsNASA
Bernard HarrisNASA
Janice E. VossNASA
Vladimir Georgiyevich TitovRoscosmos
Michael FoaleNASA

Success· Flight 2

STS-52

Launched: Oct 22, 1992 · 17:09 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 1, 1992

Crewmates

Michael A. BakerNASA
Charles L. VeachNASA
Steve MacLeanCSA
William ShepherdNASA
Tamara E. JerniganNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-32

Launched: Jan 9, 1990 · 12:35 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Jan 20, 1990

Crewmates

Daniel BrandensteinNASA
G. David LowNASA
Bonnie J. DunbarNASA
Marsha IvinsNASA

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Biography

James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: November 27, 1952
First flight: Jan 9, 1990

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