Jan Davis, born November 1, 1953 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, is a veteran of three space shuttle flights.
Her first mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-47) as mission specialist in September 1992. She had secretly married fellow astronaut Mark Lee just a few weeks before. By the time NASA found out about it, it was too late to change their rule about "husband and wife" teams not flying on the same mission.
Her second mission was aboard Discovery (STS-60) as mission specialist in February 1994. It was the first Space Shuttle/Mir mission and the first time a Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Krikalev, flew on a space shuttle.
Her third and final flight was aboard Discovery (STS-85) in August 1997. She operated the shuttle's robotic arm for the entire trip.
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