Wendy Barrien Lawrence is a retired United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former 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.

Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-67

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 2, 1995, 6:38 a.m.

Status: Success

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STS-67 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 2 March 1995.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-86

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 26, 1997, 2:34 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit.

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-91

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 2, 1998, 10:06 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998.

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-114

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 26, 2005, 2:39 p.m.

Status: Success

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STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on 13 July, its originally scheduled date.

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