Jim Wetherbee
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | November 27, 1952 Flushing, Queens |
| Other occupation | Fighter pilot |
| Rank | Captain, USN |
| Space time | 66d 10h 23m |
| Selection | 1984 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-32, STS-52, STS-63, STS-86, STS-102, STS-113 |
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James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born 27 November 1952) is a former American astronaut, a veteran of six space shuttle missions, and is the only American to have commanded five missions.
Wetherbee was raised in Huntington Station, New York and earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame before receiving his commission in the United States Navy. A Navy test pilot, Wetherbee worked extensively on the F/A-18 aircraft before being selected as an astronaut candidate in 1984. He piloted mission STS-32 in 1990 and commanded missions STS-52 (1992), STS-63 (1995), STS-86 (1997), STS-102 (2001), and STS-113 (2002). The final three missions were space station dockings with Mir and the International Space Station; STS-113 was the last complete space shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster. Wetherbee is married and has two children.
Wetherbee retired from NASA in January 2005.
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