Editing Jan Davis (section)

== Astronaut career ==
Davis became an astronaut in June 1987.<ref name="bio-NASA" /> Her first assignment was in the Astronaut Office Mission Development Branch, where she provided technical support for [[Space Shuttle]] payloads.<ref name="Ellis2004" /> Following this, Davis was a CAPCOM in Mission Control, responsible for communicating with Shuttle crews for seven missions. After her first space flight, Davis served as the Astronaut Office representative for the [[Remote Manipulator System]] (RMS), with responsibility for RMS operations, training, and payloads. After her second space flight, she served as the Chairperson of the NASA Education Working Group and as Chief for the Payloads Branch, which provided Astronaut Office support for all Shuttle and [[International Space Station]] payloads. A veteran of three space flights, Davis has logged over 673 hours in space. She flew as a [[mission specialist]] on [[STS-47]] in 1992 and [[STS-60]] in 1994, and was the payload commander on [[STS-85]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de//bios/astronauts/english/davis_nancy.htm|title=Astronaut Biography: Nancy Davis|first=Joachim|last=Becker|website=www.spacefacts.de|access-date=January 30, 2006|archive-date=August 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822190830/http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/davis_nancy.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== STS-47 ===
[[STS-47]], [[Spacelab]]-J, was the 50th Space Shuttle mission. Launched on September 12, 1992,<ref name="NSA-archive">{{cite web|title=Space Shuttle Mission Archives|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/list_1992.html|website=NASA|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628201815/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/list_1992.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> this cooperative venture between the United States and Japan conducted 43 experiments in life sciences and materials processing. During the eight-day mission, she was responsible for operating Spacelab and its subsystems and performing a variety of experiments. Davis's then-husband [[Mark C. Lee]] was payload commander on [[STS-47]]. After completing 126 orbits of the Earth, [[STS-47]] {{OV|Endeavour|full=no}} landed at [[Kennedy Space Center]] on September 20, 1992.<ref name="STS-47">{{cite web |last1=Ryba |first1=Jeanne |title=STS-47 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-47.html |website=Mission Archives |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152903/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-47.html |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |date=April 2, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== STS-60 ===
[[STS-60]] was the second flight of [[Spacehab]] (Space Habitation Module) and the first flight of the [[Wake Shield Facility]] (WSF). Launched on February 3, 1994, this flight was the first Space Shuttle flight on which a Russian [[cosmonaut]] was a crew member. During the eight-day mission, her prime responsibility was to maneuver the WSF on the RMS, to conduct [[thin-film deposition|thin film crystal]] growth and she was also responsible for performing scientific experiments in the Spacehab. The STS-60 {{OV|Discovery|full=no}} landed at Kennedy Space Center on February 11, 1994, after completing 130 orbits of the Earth.<ref name="STS-60">{{cite web |last1=Ryba |first1=Jeanne |title=STS-60 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-60.html |website=Mission Archives |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507073626/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-60.html |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |date=March 31, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== STS-85 ===
[[File:Astronaut N. Jan Davis on the aft flight deck of Discovery on STS-85.jpg|thumb|Davis operating the RMS during on STS-85]]
Davis was the payload commander for [[STS-85]], which was launched on ''Discovery'' on August 7, 1997. During this 12-day mission, Davis deployed and retrieved the [[CRISTA-SPAS]] payload, and operated the Japanese Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) robotic arm. The mission also included several other scientific payloads for the conduct of research on [[astronomy]], [[Earth sciences]], [[life sciences]], and [[materials science]]. The mission was accomplished in 189 Earth orbits, traveling 4.7 million miles. The STS-85 ''Discovery'' landed at Kennedy Space Center on August 19, 1997.<ref name="STS-85">{{cite web |last1=Ryba |first1=Jeanne |title=STS-85 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-85.html |website=Mission Archives |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507071612/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-85.html |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |date=November 23, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>