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Science News // 1 decade ago

NASA to air astronaut induction ceremony

The U.S. space agency says it will provide live television coverage of the 2009 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Station crew boards shuttle for home

A week of hard work and communal living came to an end on Monday, with the Endeavour astronauts and the returning space station crew slipping aboard the space shuttle and pulling away from the orbital outpost to begin a two-day trip back to Earth.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Astronauts finish 2nd spacewalk

Two spacewalking astronauts wrapped up a Thanksgiving Day outing, successfully outfitting a new International Space Station truss and repositioning a rail cart for use on future spacewalks.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Oxygen leak triggers shuttle launch delay

NASA canceled plans to launch shuttle Endeavour on an International Space Station assembly and crew exchange mission early Monday due to an oxygen leak aboard the orbiter.

Science News // 2 decades ago

Shuttle skipper faces extra challenges

Commanding a space shuttle mission is always a challenge, but Jim Wetherbee's responsibilities are especially daunting. Not only will the veteran astronaut oversee shuttle Endeavour's climb into orbit Monday -- and the ship's docking at the International

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Astronauts finish 2nd spacewalk Nov 28, 2002

James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born 27 November 1952) is a American Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.

Wetherbee was raised in Huntington Station, New York. He earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame before receiving his commission in the United States Navy. A Navy test pilot, Wetherbee worked extensively on the F/A-18 aircraft before being selected as an astronaut candidate in 1984. He piloted mission STS-32 in 1990 and commanded missions STS-52 (1992), STS-63 (1995), STS-86 (1997), STS-102 (2001), and STS-113 (2002). The final three missions were dockings with Mir and the International Space Station; STS-113 was the last Space shuttle Mission before the Columbia disaster.

Wetherbee retired from NASA in January 2005 and currently works for BP.

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