Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on adverse conditions existing in various organizations prior to those organizations experiencing disasters or accidents.

Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on adverse conditions existing in various organizations prior to those organizations experiencing disasters or accidents.

Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on adverse conditions existing in various organizations prior to those organizations experiencing disasters or accidents.

Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on adverse conditions existing in various organizations prior to those organizations experiencing disasters or accidents.

Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on techniques and principles that can help optimize performance in high-risk businesses.

Jim Wetherbee, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on techniques and principles that can help optimize performance in high-risk businesses.

Ronnie Rodriguez, deputy director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, introduces guest speaker Jim Wetherbee inside the Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on techniques and principles that can help optimize performance in high-risk businesses.

Jim Wetherbee, a former NASA astronaut and one of the guest speakers during NASA Kennedy Space Center’s annual Safety and Health Days, poses with the Safety and Mission Assurance “I Love Safety” poster inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce. Wetherbee’s presentation included information on techniques and principles that can help optimize performance in high-risk businesses.

NASA Kennedy Space Center employees attend a presentation on techniques and principles that can help optimize performance in high-risk businesses inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020. The presentation, led by guest speaker and former NASA astronaut Jim Wetherbee, was offered during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days, which took place March 2 through March 6. Throughout the week, Kennedy employees had the opportunity to attend a variety of presentations – all of which focused on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.

STS102-E-5014 (9 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander, refers to a manual during activity on the initial day in space for the STS-102 astronauts and cosmonaut. Wetherbee is behind the commander's station on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery.

STS102-E-5234 (17 March 2001) --- On Discovery's mid deck, astronauts William M. (Bill) Shepherd (left) and James D. Wetherbee discuss events of the joint activities among shuttle and station crew members. Wetherbee, STS-102 commander, looks over the ship's log with the outgoing station commander. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

JSC2003-E-48323 (11 July 2003) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander

S89-48930 (1989) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee.

STS102-E-5213 (14 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander, is pictured in a low angle view looking over a flight plan on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS102-317-001 (8 - 21 March 2001) --- Astronauts James M. Kelly (left) and James D. Wetherbee, pilot and commander, respectively, for the STS-102 mission, participate in the movement of supplies inside Leonardo, the Italian Space Agency-built Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM).

NASA Kennedy Space Center employees learn more about safety from an informational table set up inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.

NASA Kennedy Space Center employees learn more about safety from an informational table set up inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.

NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Safety and Mission Assurance “I Love Safety” poster is photographed inside the Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, at a presentation offered during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.

NASA Kennedy Space Center employees learn more about safety from an informational table set up inside the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium on March 4, 2020, during the center’s annual Safety and Health Days. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.

Ronnie Rodriguez, deputy director of Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, poses with the SMA “I Love Safety” poster during the Florida spaceport’s annual Safety and Health Days on March 4, 2020. Taking place March 2 through March 6, Safety and Health Days provides Kennedy employees with a variety of presentations to attend – all of which focus on how to maintain a safe and healthy workforce.

TS102-E-5089 (10 March 2001) --- Astronauts James D. Wetherbee (top) and James S. Voss, STS-102 commander and mission specialist, respectively, open hatch to the Space Station. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS102-E-5012 (9 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 mission commander, looks over a procedures manual on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The commander and his crew are preparing for a series of very busy days ahead. Once the Discovery links up with the International Space Station (ISS), work on the orbiting outpost, crew personnel exchanges, supply transfers and a number of other chores face the astronauts and cosmonauts.

STS113-339-008 (1 December 2002) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander, floats in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

STS113-339-005 (23 November – 7 December 2002) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander, floats in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

STS102-E-5116 (10 March 2001) --- On the mid deck, Discovery commander James D. Wetherbee (left) welcomes Soyuz pilot and Expedition One crew member Yuri P. Gidzenko to Discovery's crew. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS102-324-019 (8-21 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 commander, is photographed while onboard the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos, is visible in the background.

STS102-317-027 (8-21 March 2001)--- Onboard the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander, is photographed in a surfing position on astronaut James M. Kelly, pilot, while he is loading the IMAX camera. Astronaut James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer is visible working in the background.

STS102-319-035 (8 - 21 March 2001) --- Astronauts James M. Kelly (left) and James D. Wetherbee, pilot and commander, respectively, for the STS-102 mission, participate in the movement of supplies inside Leonardo, the Italian Space Agency-built Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM). Here, the two are handling a film magazine for the IMAX camera.

STS113-369-024 (6 December 2002) --- A “fish-eye” lens on a 35mm camera records astronauts James D. Wetherbee (left) and Paul S. Lockhart, STS-113 mission commander and pilot, respectively, on the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

STS113-E-05029 (25 November 2002) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander, occupies the commander’s station on the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour during rendezvous operations with the International Space Station (ISS).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A KSC employee asks a question of the panel conducting the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting in the Training Auditorium. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Panel members included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at the Johnson Space Center.

Crew members assigned to the STS-63 mission included (front left to right) Janice E. Voss, mission specialist; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; (the first woman to pilot a Space Shuttle), James D. Wetherbee, commander; and Vladmir G. Titov (Cosmonaut). Standing in the rear are mission specialists Bernard A. Harris, and C. Michael Foale. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on February 3, 1995 at 12:22:04 am (EST), the primary payload for the mission was the SPACEHAB-3. STS-63 marked the first approach and fly around by the Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir.

Five NASA astronauts and one Canadian payload specialist composed the STS-52 crew. Pictured on the back row, left to right, are Michael A. Baker, pilot; James B. Wetherbee, commander; and Steven G. Maclean, payload specialist. On the front row, left to right, are mission specialists Charles (Lacy) Veach, Tamara Jernigan, and William Shepherd. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on October 22, 1992 at 1:09:39 p.m. (EDT), the crew’s primary objectives were the deployment of the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS II) and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1).

STS113-E-05056 (25 November 2002) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander, is pictured on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

STS032-03-026 (9 - 20 Jan 1990) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, pilot, having run out of shelf space, uses his mouth to temporarily "park" a spoon during meal time preparations on the mid-deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. He prepares to open a can while a packet of tortillas floats in the foreground. This picture was used by the astronauts at their January 30, 1990 Post Flight Press Conference (PFPC) at Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS102-E-5094 (10 March 2001) --- Left to right, astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 commander; cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander; and astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One commander, converse in the Destiny laboratory shortly after hatches were open following docking of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station (ISS). The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bob Sieck (left), former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC, looks on as Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center, responds to a question asked by a member of the audience attending the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting in the Training Auditorium. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other panel members were James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; and Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The panel members participating in the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting entertain questions and comments from the audience assembled in the Training Auditorium. From left, they are James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jim Jennings (left), Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management, looks on as Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight, responds to a question asked by a member of the audience attending the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting in the Training Auditorium. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other panel members were James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lynn Cline (left), Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight, looks on as Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC, answers a question posed by a member of the audience attending the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting in the Training Auditorium. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other panel members were James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The panel members participating in the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting entertain questions and comments from the audience assembled in the Training Auditorium. From left, they are James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; and Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lynn Cline (right), Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight, looks on as James W. Kennedy (left), KSC director, and Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management, take questions from the audience attending the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting in the Training Auditorium. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other panel members were Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC, and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director James W. Kennedy addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC employees assemble in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Panel members included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at the Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director James W. Kennedy addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; and Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management addresses KSC employees assembled in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other participants included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC employees assemble in the Training Auditorium for a Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Panel members included James W. Kennedy, KSC director; Jim Jennings, Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management; Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at the Johnson Space Center. Following their remarks, members of the panel entertained questions and comments from the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jim Jennings (right), Deputy Associate Administrator for Institutions and Asset Management, looks on as James W. Kennedy, KSC director, answers a question raised by a member of the audience attending the Culture Change Process All Hands Meeting in the Training Auditorium. The purpose of the meeting was for employees to gain further insight into the Agency’s Vision for Space Exploration and the direction cultural change will take at KSC in order to assume its role within this vision. Other panel members were Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight; Bob Sieck, former Director of Space Shuttle Processing at KSC; and Jim Wetherbee, astronaut and Technical Assistant to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at Johnson Space Center.

STS063-06-027 (3-11 Feb 1995) --- Seated at the commander's station on the Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck, astronaut James D. Wetherbee, commander, was photographed by a crew mate during early phases of the STS-63 mission. A great deal of time was spent during the first few days of the mission to check a leaky thruster, which could have had a negative influence on rendezvous operations with Russia's Mir Space Station. As it turned out, all the related problems were solved and the two spacecraft succeded in achieving close proximity operations. Others onboard the Discovery were astronauts Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Bernard A. Harris Jr., payload commander; and mission specialists C. Michael Foale, Janice E. Voss, and Russian cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov.

STS113-E-05384 (2 December 2002) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander, adds the STS-113 patch to the growing collection of those representing Shuttle crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS). A location in the Unity node serves as one of the traditional posting sites for the patches.

The crew assigned to the STS-86 mission included five U.S. astronauts, one Russian cosmonaut, and one Canadian astronaut. Kneeling is mission specialist Scott E. Parazynski. Others, pictured from left to right, are Michael J. Bloomfield, pilot; David A. Wolf, mission specialist; James D. Wetherbee, commander; and mission specialists Wendy B. Lawrence, Vlamimir G. Titov (RSA), and Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien (CNES). Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on September 25, 1997 at 10:34:19 pm (EDT), the STS-86 mission served as the 7th U.S. Space Shuttle-Russian Space Station Mir docking.

STS113-339-027 (2 December 2002) --- Astronauts James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander, and Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five NASA ISS science officer, add the STS-113 patch to the growing collection of those representing Shuttle crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS). A location in the Unity node serves as one of the traditional posting sites for the patches.

Pilot James M. Kelly (left) and Commander James D. Wetherbee for the STS-102 mission, participate in the movement of supplies inside Leonardo, the Italian Space Agency built Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM). In this particular photograph, the two are handling a film magazine for the IMAX cargo bay camera. The primary cargo of the STS-102 mission, the Leonardo MPLM is the first of three such pressurized modules that will serve as the International Space Station's (ISS') moving vans, carrying laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments, and supplies to and from the Station aboard the Space Shuttle. The cylindrical module is approximately 21-feet long and 15- feet in diameter, weighing almost 4.5 tons. It can carry up to 10 tons of cargo in 16 standard Space Station equipment racks. Of the 16 racks the module can carry, 5 can be furnished with power, data, and fluid to support refrigerators or freezers. In order to function as an attached station module as well as a cargo transport, the logistics module also includes components that provide life support, fire detection and suppression, electrical distribution, and computer functions. The eighth station assembly flight, the STS-102 mission also served as a crew rotation flight. It delivered the Expedition Two crew to the Station and returned the Expedition One crew back to Earth.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (S89-49830) Official portrait of astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander.

STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee gets help from a suit technician while donning the gloves of his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be Wetherbee’s fourth spaceflight. He and the six other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits liftoff on a 10-day mission slated to be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir

STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee, at center, is greeted by KSC Space Shuttle officials shortly after landing the orbiter Atlantis on KSC’s Runway 15. Shuttle Operations Director Bob Sieck is at left; Launch Director Jim Harrington is at Wetherbee’s right. The nearly 11-day mission ended with main gear touchdown at 5:55:09 p.m. EDT, Oct. 6, 1997. STS-86 was the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame member Al Worden presents a medal to James Wetherbee as a new inductee into the hall of fame. The ceremony was held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Wetherbee was commander of the longest-docked shuttle-Mir mission. The ceremony took place May 2. More than 20 hall of fame astronauts attended, including Scott Carpenter, Walt Cunningham, Jim Lovell and Bob Crippen. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee greets family members, friends and other well-wishers during a brief visit to Launch Pad 39A the day before the scheduled Sept. 25 liftoff of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This will be Wetherbee’s fourth spaceflight. STS-86 is slated to be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir

JSC2001-E-08304 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee (left), STS-102 mission commander, is greeted by JSC Acting Director Roy S. Estess following crew arrival at Ellington Field.

JSC2001-E-05530 (28 February 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 mission commander, follows a news representative's question with a brief explanation during a press briefing at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee, at right, and Mission Specialist Vladimir Georgievich Titov prepare to leave from KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility after participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. They are returning to Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, for final prelaunch training. Wetherbee will make his fourth spaceflight on STS-86, and his third as commander. Titov is a cosmonaut with the Russian Space Agency. He will make his fifth spaceflight, and second on the Space Shuttle. STS-86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Liftoff aboard Atlantis is targeted for Sept. 25 from Launch Pad 39A

As the STS-102 crew exits the Crew Transport Vehicle, Center Director Roy Bridges is on hand to welcome them back to Earth. Commander James Wetherbee is the first to shake Bridges’ hand. Behind Wetherbee (right to left) are Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialists Paul Richards and Andrew Thomas. Behind Bridges, at right, is Dave King, director of Shuttle Processing. Waiting at far right is Jim Halsell, manager of Space Shuttle Program Launch Integration. The crew landed at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at 2:31 a.m. EST aboard Discovery following a 12-day, 19-hour, 49-minute mission to the International Space Station

STS032-03-021 (9-20 Jan. 1990) --- Three crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia enjoy one of the lighter moments of the 11-day mission on the flight deck. Astronaut G. David Low "runs" on a treadmill device while astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein, left, and James D. Wetherbee look on. Wetherbee's mother competed in a marathon in Houston while the crew members had their own in-space version. The treadmill served as an exerciser and also was an important element of onboard biomedical testing. This picture was used by the astronauts at their January 30, 1990 Post Flight Press Conference (PFPC) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-113 Commander James Wetherbee is happy to suit up before launch. Wetherbee will be making his sixth Shuttle flight. The primary mission is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. The major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is scheduled for Nov. 11 at 12:58 a.m. EST.

As the STS-102 crew exits the Crew Transport Vehicle, Center Director Roy Bridges is on hand to welcome them back to Earth. Commander James Wetherbee is the first to shake Bridges’ hand. Behind Wetherbee (right to left) are Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialists Paul Richards and Andrew Thomas. Behind Bridges, at right, is Dave King, director of Shuttle Processing. Waiting at far right is Jim Halsell, manager of Space Shuttle Program Launch Integration. The crew landed at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at 2:31 a.m. EST aboard Discovery following a 12-day, 19-hour, 49-minute mission to the International Space Station

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-113 Commander James Wetherbee finishes suiting up before leaving for Launch Pad 39A. Wetherbee will be making his sixth Shuttle flight. The primary mission for the crew is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. The major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. EST.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-113 Commander James Wetherbee shakes hands with KSC Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. following landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility. From left are Kent Rominger, Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations, Wetherbee, Dr. Daniel R. Mulville, NASA Associate Deputy Administrator, and Bridges. Commander Wetherbee earlier guided Space Shuttle Endeavour to a flawless touchdown on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after completing the 13-day, 18-hour, 48-minute, 5.74-million mile STS-113 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 2:37:12 p.m. EST, nose gear touchdown was at 2:37:23 p.m., and wheel stop was at 2:38:25 p.m. Poor weather conditions thwarted landing opportunities until a fourth day, the first time in Shuttle program history that a landing has been waved off for three consecutive days. The orbiter also carried the other members of the STS-113 crew, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington, as well as the returning Expedition Five crew, Commander Valeri Korzun, ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev. The installation of the P1 truss on the International Space Station was accomplished during the mission.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-113 Commander James Wetherbee shakes hands with Michael D. Leinbach, Shuttle Launch Director at KSC, on the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility following the landing of Endeavour. From left are Wetherbee, Leinbach, Dr. Daniel R. Mulville, NASA Associate Deputy Administrator, and Mrs. Mulville. Commander Wetherbee earlier guided Space Shuttle Endeavour to a flawless touchdown on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after completing the 13-day, 18-hour, 48-minute, 5.74-million mile STS-113 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 2:37:12 p.m. EST, nose gear touchdown was at 2:37:23 p.m., and wheel stop was at 2:38:25 p.m. Poor weather conditions thwarted landing opportunities until a fourth day, the first time in Shuttle program history that a landing has been waved off for three consecutive days. The orbiter also carried the other members of the STS-113 crew, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington, as well as the returning Expedition Five crew, Commander Valeri Korzun, ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev. The installation of the P1 truss on the International Space Station was accomplished during the mission.

STS102-324-004 (8-21 March 2001) --- Onboard the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery, astronauts James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 commander (left) and Paul W. Richards, mission specialist, are photographed performing in-flight maintenance on the cabin fan.

STS102-323-003 (10 March 2001) --- The STS-102 crew members are pictured on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery during docking operations with the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are astronauts James S. Voss, James D. Wetherbee and Andrew S.W. Thomas.

STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee prepares to enter the Space Shuttle Atlantis at Launch Pad 39A, with the assistance of white room closeout crew member Jim Davis, a NASA quality assurance specialist. Rick Welty, United Space Alliance orbiter vehicle closeout chief, is in foreground with back to camera

JSC2002-00529 (19 February 2002) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-113 mission commander, floats in a small life raft during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, STS-102 crew members check out tools in the tool caddy that is carried on launches. From left is Commander James D. Wetherbee, Mission Specialist Paul W. Richards and Pilot James W. Kelly. The mission crew is at KSC for Crew Equipment Interface Test activities

STS102-E-5027 (9 March 2001) --- Astronaut Paul W. Richards, mission specialist, listens to a readout from astronaut James M. Wetherbee (partially obscured in background), STS-102 mission commander, during Flight Day 1 work on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery.

In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, STS-102 crew members check out tools in the tool caddy that is carried on launches. From left is Commander James D. Wetherbee, Mission Specialist Paul W. Richards and Pilot James W. Kelly. The mission crew is at KSC for Crew Equipment Interface Test activities

STS-102 Commander James Wetherbee gets final adjustments on his launch and entry suit before heading to Space Shuttle Discovery on Launch Pad 39B. This mission is Wetherbee’s fifth Shuttle flight. Discovery is scheduled to launch March 8 at 6:42 a.m. EST, carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo to the International Space Station. The primary delivery system used to resupply and return Station cargo requiring a pressurized environment, Leonardo will deliver up to 10 tons of laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies for outfitting the newly installed U.S. Laboratory Destiny. In addition, three crew members Mission Specialists James Voss, Susan Helms and Russian cosmonaut Yury Usachev are the Expedition Two crew replacing Expedition One on the Station. Discovery is expected to land at KSC on March 20 at 2:02 a.m

STS032-S-056 (20 Jan 1990) --- STS-32 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers depart the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Operations and Checkout (O and C) Building enroute to KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. Dubious weather at the return-to-launch site (RTLS) caused postponement of yesterday's planned launch. From left to right are Mission Specialist (MS) G. David Low, MS Marsha S. Ivins, MS Bonnie J. Dunbar, Pilot James D. Wetherbee, and Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein. All crewmembers are wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and Low, Ivins, and Wetherbee wave to spectators as they head to the transportation van. Following the crew are astronaut Michael L. Coats (left) and NASA/JSC manager Donald R. Puddy.

In the White Room, Launch Pad 39B, STS-102 Commander James Wetherbee gets help with final suit preparations before entering Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-102 is Wetherbee’s fifth Shuttle flight. Discovery is carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo on the eighth construction flight to the International Space Station. The primary delivery system used to resupply and return Station cargo requiring a pressurized environment, Leonardo will deliver up to 10 tons of laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies for outfitting the newly installed U.S. Laboratory Destiny. In addition, Discovery is transporting Expedition Two, three crew members who are replacing Expedition One on the Station. Discovery is set to launch March 8 at 6:42 a.m. EST. The 12-day mission is expected to end with a landing at KSC on March 20

In the White Room, Launch Pad 39B, STS-102 Commander James Wetherbee gets help with final suit preparations before entering Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-102 is Wetherbee’s fifth Shuttle flight. Discovery is carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo on the eighth construction flight to the International Space Station. The primary delivery system used to resupply and return Station cargo requiring a pressurized environment, Leonardo will deliver up to 10 tons of laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies for outfitting the newly installed U.S. Laboratory Destiny. In addition, Discovery is transporting Expedition Two, three crew members who are replacing Expedition One on the Station. Discovery is set to launch March 8 at 6:42 a.m. EST. The 12-day mission is expected to end with a landing at KSC on March 20

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-113 Commander James Wetherbee shows a serious side as he suits up for a second launch attempt on mission STS-113. The launch on Nov. 22 was scrubbed due to poor weather conditions at the Transoceanic Abort Landing sites. Wetherbee will be making his sixth Shuttle flight. The launch will carry the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and return the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. The major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-113 is now scheduled for Nov. 23 at 7:50 p.m. EST.

STS-102 Commander James Wetherbee gets final adjustments on his launch and entry suit before heading to Space Shuttle Discovery on Launch Pad 39B. This mission is Wetherbee’s fifth Shuttle flight. Discovery is scheduled to launch March 8 at 6:42 a.m. EST, carrying the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo to the International Space Station. The primary delivery system used to resupply and return Station cargo requiring a pressurized environment, Leonardo will deliver up to 10 tons of laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies for outfitting the newly installed U.S. Laboratory Destiny. In addition, three crew members Mission Specialists James Voss, Susan Helms and Russian cosmonaut Yury Usachev are the Expedition Two crew replacing Expedition One on the Station. Discovery is expected to land at KSC on March 20 at 2:02 a.m

JSC2000-E-23713 (September 2000) --- Attired in a training version of his full-pressure launch and entry garment, astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander for STS-102, is pictured prior to participating in an emergency bailout training exercise in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT-2) of the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2001-E-08334 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One mission commander, speaks to a crowd of greeters during a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Pictured in the background on the dais are astronauts James M. Kelly (left), STS-102 pilot, and James D. Wetherbee, commander.

JSC2001-E-08322 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 mission commander, speaks to a crowd of greeters during a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Pictured in the background on the dais are (from the left) Roy S. Estess, Johnson Space Center's Acting Director; along with astronauts Paul W. Richards, Andrew S.W. Thomas and James M. Kelly of the STS-102 crew.

S94-41838 (Nov 1994) --- Wearing training versions of the orange partial pressure suit used for shuttle ascent and entry, five NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut assemble for an STS-63 training session. The six are in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory. They are, left to right, astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Bernard A. Harris Jr., payload commander; and C. Michael Foale, Janice E. Voss, and cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov, all mission specialists.

JSC2001-E-08326 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee, STS-102 mission commander, speaks to a crowd of greeters during a crew return ceremony in Ellington Field's Hangar 990. Pictured in the background on the dais are Joseph Rothenberg (left), NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight, and Roy S. Estess, Johnson Space Center's Acting Director.

After exiting the Crew Transport Vehicle, the STS-102 crew gathers under Discovery for a walk-around. From left are Pilot James Kelly, Commander James Wetherbee and Mission Specialists Paul Richards and Andrew Thomas. . The crew landed at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at 2:31 a.m. EST aboard Discovery following a 12-day, 19-hour, 49-minute mission to the International Space Station

S89-48342 (October 1989) --- These five astronauts have been assigned to serve as crewmembers for NASA's STS-32 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in December of this year. In front are Astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein (left), commander, and James D. Wetherbee, pilot. In back are Astronauts (l-r) Marsha S. Ivins, G. David Low and Bonnie J. Dunbar, all mission specialists.

STS063-708-057 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Backdropped against the darkness of space, only the shiny part of Russia's Mir Space Station are clearly visible in this 70mm frame, photographed during rendezvous operations by the Space Shuttle Discovery and the Mir space station. Onboard the Discovery were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Bernard A. Harris Jr., payload commander; mission specialists Janice Voss, C. Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov.

STS052-S-002 (August 1992) --- These five NASA astronauts and a Canadian payload specialist are assigned to the flight, scheduled for later this year. Pictured on the back row are, left to right, astronauts Michael A. Baker, pilot; James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; and Steven G. MacLean, payload specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). In front are, left to right, astronauts Charles L. (Lacy) Veach, Tamara E. Jernigan and William M. Shepherd, all mission specialists.

STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee arrives in a T-38 jet at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. STS-86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. The mission is targeted for a Sept. 25 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis

JSC2000-E-23719 (September 2000) --- Attired in training versions of their full-pressure launch and entry garments, astronauts James D. Wetherbee (left), mission commander for STS-102, and James W. Kelly, pilot, discuss contingencies prior to participating in an emergency bailout training exercise in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT-2) in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

After exiting the Crew Transport Vehicle, the STS-102 crew gathers under Discovery for a walk-around. From left are Pilot James Kelly, Mission Specialist Andy Thomas, Commander James Wetherbee and Mission Specialist Paul Richards. The crew landed at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at 2:31 a.m. EST aboard Discovery following a 12-day, 19-hour, 49-minute mission to the International Space Station

STS-102 Commander James Wetherbee drives the M-113 armored carrier that the crew could use to exit the pad if an emergency ever occurred prior to launch. The STS-102 crew is at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also include a simulated launch countdown. STS-102 is the eighth construction flight to the International Space Station, carrying as payload the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. Launch on mission STS-102 is scheduled for March 8