Bidspirit auction | Astronaut Jim Wetherbee Space NASA

Astronaut Jim Wetherbee Space NASA signed FDC double PM Brigham City, UT USPO Sep 29 1988. Missions STS-32 STS-52 STS-63 STS-86 STS-102 STS-113. Wetherbee was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1984, and became an astronaut in June 1985. He piloted his first 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 dockings with Mir and the International Space Station; STS-113 was the last Space Shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster. Wetherbee served as deputy director of the Johnson Space Center (August 1995 to April 2000), Director of the Flight Crew Operations Directorate (April 2000 - 2002), and Technical Assistant to the Director of JSC's Safety & Mission Assurance Directorate (April 2003 to June 2004).