Wendy B. Lawrence

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wendy B. Lawrence
Occupation	United States Naval Aviator
Date Of Birth	Jul 2, 1959(1959-07-02)
Age	65
Birthplace	Jacksonville
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Cancer

Wendy B. Lawrence Biography

Wendy B. Lawrence is one of the most popular and richest United States Naval Aviator who was born on July 2, 1959 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2nd 1959) is ex- United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, engineer, and past NASA astronaut. The first woman graduate from the United States Naval Academy to take off into space. She has also been to Mir, the Russian Space Station Mir. She was an expert on mission STS-114 which was the very first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

The selection was made to be a part of NASA at the beginning of March in 1992. Lawrence was assigned to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. She completed a year of training and certified for flight assignments as Mission Specialist. Her technical duties within the Astronaut Office have included flight software testing in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Astronaut Office Assistant Training Officer as well as Astronaut Office representative for Space Station training and crew support. She was the flight engineer for ascent and entry, as well as Blue shift-shift orbital pilot aboard STS-67 (March 2-18 1995). She was then appointed the Director of Operations at NASA at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, in charge of the coordination and execution of mission operations throughout the Moscow region of this joint U.S./Russian Shuttle/Mir mission. In September 1996 , she started learning to be a part of the crew on an eight-month mission aboard Mir, the Russian Space Station Mir. But, she was substituted with David Wolf due to concerns regarding the size minimum specifications in The Russian orlan suit. Because of her experience and experience in Mir systems, as well as with logistical logistics of crew transfers for Mir she was able to fly on STS-86 (September 25-October 6 1997) and STS-91 (June 2-12 1998). An experienced Veteran of 4 space missions and more than 1200 hours of space travel. Lawrence was an Mission Specialist on the crew of STS-114. She was responsible for the transfer of equipment and supplies and also operated an arm of the Space Station robot arm during the Return To Flight mission during which the crew test and examined new procedures to inspect and repair for the Space Shuttle thermal protection system. The mission was launched on the 26th of July the year 2005 and arrived on the 9th of August the 9th of August, 2005. Captain Lawrence quit NASA in June of 2006.

STS-91 Discovery (June 2–12, 1998) was the 9th and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission and marked the conclusion of the joint U.S./Russian Phase I Program. Mission duration was 235 hours, 54 minutes.

STS-67 Endeavour (March 2–18, 1995) was the second flight of the ASTRO observatory, a unique complement of three telescopes. During this 16-day mission, the crew conducted observations around the clock to study the far ultraviolet spectra of faint astronomical objects and the polarization of ultraviolet light coming from hot stars and distant galaxies. Mission duration was 399 hours and 9 minutes.

STS-86 Atlantis (September 25 through October 6th September 25 to October 6) is the 7th mission that was designed to rendezvous and dock with Mir, the Russian Space Station Mir. The highlights included an exchange between U.S. crew members Mike Foale and David Wolf, a spacewalk by Scott Parazynski and Vladimir Titov to retrieve four experiments that were first placed in Mir during the docking mission as well as it was the transfer Mir 10400 pounds worth of scientific equipment equipment and logistics and the return of the experiment’s hardware and the results back to Earth. The mission lasted the equivalent of 169 orbits over 259 hours and 21 minutes.

Wendy B. Lawrence Net Worth

Wendy B. Lawrence is one of the richest United States Naval Aviator from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wendy B. Lawrence 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lawrence has graduated from Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1977. She continued her education at the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1981 with the degree of Bachelor of Science of ocean engineering. She went on to earn an Master of Science in ocean engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1988, in an integrated program of the two institutions.

Lawrence completed his studies at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981. A highly regarded pilot school graduate, Lawrence was appointed as an Naval Aviator in July 1982. Lawrence has over 1,500 hours of flying time on six different helicopter types and has performed more than 800 landings on ships. When she was assigned to the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) She was among the women pilots of helicopters who made an extended deployment to the Indian Ocean as part of the carrier battle group. Following the completion of her master’s program in 1988 at MIT as well as Woods Hole in 1988, she was assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 30 (HSL-30) as the officer-in-charge of the Detachment Alpha. In the month of October, Lawrence reported to the U.S. Naval Academy where she served as a physics instructor as well as the women’s novice crew coach.

STS-114 Discovery (July 26 – August 9, 2005) was the first “Return to Flight” mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Highlights included the first in-flight repair to the orbiter during a spacewalk. Mission duration was 333 hours, 33 minutes.

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Wendy Ranked on the list of most popular United States Naval Aviator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Wendy B. Lawrence celebrates birthday on July 2 of every year.