Peter "Jeff" Wisoff, born August 16, 1958 in Norfolk, Virginia, is a veteran of four space shuttle flights.
His first mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-57) as mission specialist in June-July 1993. He conducted a spacewalk with fellow astronaut David Low last almost 6 hours to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) science satellite.
His second flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-68) as mission specialist in September-October 1994. Wisoff relayed information of storms, lightning and fires to the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-2) scientists.
Wisoff's third mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-81) as mission specialist in January 1997. It was the fifth space shuttle mission to the space station Mir.
His fourth and final flight was aboard Discovery (STS-92) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in October 2000, the 100th space shuttle mission of the program. During the flight Wisoff performed two EVAs with fellow astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria for a total of 14 hours.
Wisoff is married to fellow astronaut Tamara Jernigan.
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