David Wolf, born August 23, 1956, in Indianapolis, Indiana, is veteran of four space flights, one trip aboard Mir, seven EVA's and one ballot. His first space shuttle mission was aboard Columbia (STS-58) in October 1993. Also on that mission was Shannon "Right Stuff" Lucid, who was on her 4th trip into space. (I wonder if she dozed off during launch?).
Wolf's second trip was on Atlantis (STS-86) in September 1997, which took him up to the space station Mir. During his 128-day visit, he became the first American to cast a vote in a presidential election. He returned to Earth on Endeavour (STS-89) January 1998.
His third trip was aboard Atlantis (STS-112), an eleven day mission to the International Space Station in October 2002.
His final trip (STS-127) was on Endeavor in July 2009 to the ISS. The launch of the Endeavour was successful on its 6th attempt.
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