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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAll-time US record-holder, Cmdr. Peggy Whitson, returns from space tonight (watch LIVE 9:22 ET)
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Chris Hadfield? @Cmdr_Hadfield 44m44 minutes agoTonight this woman returns from space, the all-time US record-holder. Commander Peggy Whitson PhD, you rock. Safe landing, @AstroPeggy!
Space superwoman returning to Earth with records galore
Astronaut Peggy Whitson is closing out a space streak unmatched by any other American.
The world's most experienced spacewoman is due back on Earth this weekend following 9 ½ months at the International Space Station. Counting all her flights, she will have logged 665 days in spacethe equivalent of more than 1 ½ years.
First stop Saturday night is Kazakhstan as usual for a Russian Soyuz capsule touchdown, then a brief detour to Germany before heading home to storm-crippled Houston.
During her third and latest mission, which began last November, the 57-year-old biochemist became the oldest woman in space. She performed her 10th spacewalk, more than any other woman. And she became the first woman to command the space station twice.
read: https://phys.org/news/2017-09-space-superwoman-earth-galore.html
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All-time US record-holder, Cmdr. Peggy Whitson, returns from space tonight (watch LIVE 9:22 ET) (Original Post)
bigtree
Sep 2017
OP
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)1. Phenomenal Role Model!
longship
(40,416 posts)3. Way to go, @AstroPeggy!
R&K
nocoincidences
(2,220 posts)4. Take a good look Ivanka...
this is what a strong accomplished woman looks like.
Your mirror and your dada are lying.
Welcome home Peggy!!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)9. +1000
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)5. Imagine Obama's WH welcome home!
sigh!!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)6. What in inspiration!
Ladies, you're no longer limited to a typewriter or waitress garb. While both those pursuits are respectable occupations, the sky is now NOT "the limit".
GentryDixon
(2,951 posts)7. I watched her go over this morning @6:38.
panader0
(25,816 posts)8. K and R--
It's hard to imagine what she has accomplished.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)10. Congratulations to a brave and accomplished woman!
sarge43
(28,941 posts)11. Hand salute, ma'am. Well done and thank you.
Whitson's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Whitson
Outside of scoring an Olympic gold medal, that woman has done it all.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)12. watch LIVE 9:22 ET
bigtree
(85,996 posts)13. approx: 10:00m
ismnotwasm
(41,984 posts)14. K&R
janx
(24,128 posts)15. Such an accomplishment!
Congrats to her! We are so lucky to have scientists/astronauts like her.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)16. awesome!
Astronaut Peggy Whitson Ends Record-Breaking Space Mission with Smooth Landing
https://www.space.com/38039-astronaut-peggy-whitson-record-mission-expedition52-landing.html