James Wetherbee
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James Wetherbee

Capt James D. Wetherbee
Born 1950s.
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Biography

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.

Father: Dana A Wetherbee[1]
Mother: Althea Nora Fossa[2]

1952 Born in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
1974 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame. Joined the US Navy.
1983 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 10. [3] Married Robin DeVore Platt on 26 Mar 1983 in Duval, Florida, USA.[4]
1990 Flew on Columbia STS-32 as Pilot with Daniel Brandenstein, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Marsha Ivins and David Low. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 6. [5]
STS-32
NASA
Space Flight
1992 Flew on Columbia STS-52 as Commander with Michael Baker, William Shepherd, Tamara E. Jernigan, Steven MacLean and Charles Veach. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 6. [5]
STS-52
NASA
Space Flight
1993 Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his first of 2. [5]
1994 Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his second of 2. [5]
1995 Flew on Discovery STS-63 as Commander with Eileen Collins, Bernard A. Harris Jr, Michael Foale, Vladimir Titov and Janice Voss. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his third of 6. [5]
STS-63
NASA
Space Flight
1996 Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his first of 4. [5]
NASA
Distinguished
Service
1997 Flew on Atlantis STS-86 as Commander with Michael J. Bloomfield, Vladimir Titov, Scott Parazynski, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Wendy Lawrence and David Wolf (up). Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fourth of 6. [5]
STS-86
NASA
Space Flight
1998 Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his second of 4. [5]
NASA
Distinguished
Service
2001 Flew on Discovery STS-102 as Commander with James M. Kelly, Andy Thomas, Paul W. Richards, Yury Usachov (up), James Voss (up), Susan Helms (up), Yuri Gidzenko (down), Sergei Krikalev (down) and William Shepherd (down). Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fifth of 6. [5]
STS-102
NASA
Space Flight
2002 Flew on Endeavour STS-113 as Commander with Paul Lockhart, Michael Lopez-Alegria, John Herrington, Kenneth Bowersox (up), Nikolai Budarin (up) and Donald Pettit (up). Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his third of 4. [5]
STS-113
NASA
Distinguished
Service
2003 Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his fourth of 4, and the NASA Space Flight Medal, his sixth of 6. [5] Retired from the Navy. During his naval career, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
NASA
Distinguished
Service
NASA
Space Flight
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
2005 Left NASA to be a consultant.
2009 Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [6]

Sources

  1. Dana A Wetherbee on Find A Grave: Memorial #72359252 accessed on 07 Apr 2019
  2. Althea Wetherbee on Find A Grave: Memorial #72370201 accessed on 07 Apr 2019
  3. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
  4. "Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," Ancestry.com. Ancestry Record 8784 #9805282
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  6. Hall of Fame Bio

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