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Wendy B. Lawrence

United States

Wendy B. Lawrence is a retired United States Navy captain, engineer, former helicopter pilot and NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and also visited the Russian space station Mir. She served as a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Columbia disaster. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Dating
Selection Year
1992 2
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
Birth Year
1959 3
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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2. Wendy B. Lawrence (Wikipedia)
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3. Wendy B. Lawrence (Q49035, Wikidata)
Wikidata item Q49035, P569 (date of birth)
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1959
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