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eppur_se_muova

(36,269 posts) Tue Nov 22, 2016, 07:32 PM Nov 2016

Peggy Whitson: Blast off to the ISS for oldest woman in space (BBC)

18 November 2016 Last updated at 02:49 GMT

Astronaut Peggy Whitson has blasted off into space for her third mission to the International Space Station.

She lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and is now the oldest woman in space.

On board the Soyuz rocket with her, is Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and French newcomer Thomas Pesquet.

Footage and commentary courtesy of Nasa TV
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video at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38021837

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Peggy Whitson: Blast off to the ISS for oldest woman in space (BBC) (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Nov 2016 OP

So glad to see this is her third mission. She doesn't appear to be over the hill, yet, however. Judi Lynn Dec 2016 #1

ii wish they would not title it that way ... shireen Dec 2016 #2

Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)

1. So glad to see this is her third mission. She doesn't appear to be over the hill, yet, however.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 06:00 AM

Dec 2016

I realized I've seen her face repeatedly, just didn't remember her name, yet.

Some great photos of her at her job at google images:

https://www.google.com/search?q=peggy+whitson&biw=1339&bih=617&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwi_vKvB9_XQAhVpzVQKHdgpCpYQ_AUIBygC

Thank you.

shireen

(8,333 posts)

2. ii wish they would not title it that way ...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 02:52 AM

Dec 2016

oldest woman? She is only 56. And she has so many other accomplishments worth touting than "oldest woman."

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