Back ويندي بي لورانس Arabic ويندى بى لورانس ARZ Wendy B. Lawrence AST Уенди Лоурънс Bulgarian Wendy Barrien Lawrenceová Czech Wendy Barrien Lawrence German Wendy B. Lawrence Spanish وندی لارنس Persian Wendy Lawrence Finnish Wendy B. Lawrence French
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Wendy Lawrence | |
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| Born | Wendy Barrien Lawrence July 2, 1959 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) |
| Relatives | William P. Lawrence (father) Fatty Lawrence (grandfather) |
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| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Captain, USN (ret.) |
Time in space | 51d 3h 56m |
| Selection | NASA Group 14 (1992) |
| Missions | STS-67 STS-86 STS-91 STS-114 |
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Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) 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. 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.[1][2][3]
- ^ Events and Programs – DGA19 Bio Lawrence, at the US Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation; published 2019; retrieved June 29, 2024; "She lives in Ferndale, WA with her spouse, Cathy Watson".
- ^ Cavallaro, Umberto (2017). "Wendy Lawrence: The First Woman Astronaut of the US Navy". Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Springer International Publishing. pp. 192–197. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7_29. ISBN 978-3-319-34047-0.
- ^ Torres, Catherine (December 1, 2016). "Wonder Woman – Cathy Watson". Bellingham Alive!. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.