Jim Wetherbee Astronaut

James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952), (Capt, USN, Ret.), 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.

Personal facts

Jim Wetherbee
Birth dateNovember 27, 1952
Birth place
Flushing Queens
Nationality
United States

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Astronaut

missions
STS-32
STS-102
STS-113
STS-52
STS-63
STS-86
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
statusRetired
Time in space66 days 10 hours 23 minutes

Jim Wetherbee on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.astronautix.com/astros/weterbee.htm
  2. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wetherbe.html
  3. http://www.spaceacts.com/STARSHIP/seh/wetherbe.html
  4. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/wetherbee_james.htm