James Wetherbee, born November 27, 1952 in Flushing, New York, has been in space six times.
His first mission was aboard Columbia (STS-32) as pilot in January 1990. It was the third night landing of the space shuttle program.
His second flight was aboard Columbia (STS-52) as commander in October-November 1992. The mission involved projects with the Italian Space Agency and National Centre for Space Studies (France).
His third flight was aboard Discovery (STS-63) as commander in February 1995. It was the second mission of the Space Shuttle/Mir program. It was the first rendezvous of NASA's shuttle and the Mir space station.
His fourth flight was aboard Atlantis (STS-86) as commander to Mir in September-October 1997. It was the seventh Mir docking mission.
His fifth flight was aboard Discovery (STS-102) as commander to the International Space Station in March 2001. The flight rotated Expeditions 1 and 2 and resupplied the ISS.
His sixth and final flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-113) as commander to the ISS in November-December 2002. The mission rotated Expeditions 5 and 6.
He left NASA in 2005.
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