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Wendy B. Lawrence
Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the US Naval Academy to fly in space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She enjoys running, rowing, and triathlons. Captain Lawrence is unmarried.
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