ASTRONAUT

Wendy B. Lawrence

1959 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Wendy B. Lawrence is the 466th most popular astronaut (down from 316th in 2024), the 15,763rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,739th in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Wendy B. Lawrence ranks 466 out of 556. Before her are Mark L. Polansky, Dominic A. Antonelli, Gregory Chamitoff, Marianne Merchez, Mark N. Brown, and David C. Hilmers. After her are Alan G. Poindexter, K. Megan McArthur, Richard R. Arnold, Philippe Perrin, Robert Curbeam, and Jasmin Moghbeli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Wendy B. Lawrence ranks 740. Before her are Francis Magee, Georgi Dimitrov, Paul Attanasio, Lesley Thompson, Todd Graff, and Charles Kennedy. After her are Hugo Rodríguez, Steven Strogatz, Ralph Northam, Marie Osmond, Ben Elton, and Rogelio Delgado.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendy B. Lawrence ranks 15,770 out of 20,380. Before her are Brooks Wackerman (1977), Dane Cook (1972), Sophia Lillis (2002), NF (1991), Teddy Swims (1992), and Harriet Miers (1945). After her are Tatiana Santo Domingo (1983), Diego Corrales (1977), Mike Rounds (1954), Vinnie Johnson (1956), Alan G. Poindexter (1961), and Candace Owens (1989).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Wendy B. Lawrence ranks 249. Before her are Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (1957), Brian Duffy (1953), Mark L. Polansky (1956), Dominic A. Antonelli (1967), Mark N. Brown (1951), and David C. Hilmers (1950). After her are Alan G. Poindexter (1961), K. Megan McArthur (1971), Richard R. Arnold (1963), Robert Curbeam (1962), Sherwood C. Spring (1944), and Steven Smith (1958).

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