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NASA’s record-breaking space woman
June 19 , 2018
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- NASA’s record-breaking spacewoman, Peggy Whitson (58) has announced her retirement as astronaut less than year after returning from her last and longest spaceflight.
- During her career, she had racked up total of 665 days in space — more than any other NASA astronaut, and record for women worldwide.
- She is world’s most experienced female spacewalker, with 10 under her spacesuit belt with record-setting total time of 60 hours and 21 minutes.
- She was first woman to command International Space Station (ISS), holding the position twice. She was oldest woman ever to fly in space.
- She was first and only woman (and first non-military person) to serve as chief of NASA’s male-dominated astronaut corps from 2009 to 2012.
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