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Wendy B. Lawrence

US astronaut and Navy Captain · United States · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1959 · age 67

Wendy Barrien Lawrence 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.

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Awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal2006

About this person

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.

Country
United States
Category
Astronauts
Type
Astronaut
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1959 · age 67