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Peggy Whitson

United States

Peggy Whitson is an American biochemist and former NASA astronaut who became the first woman to command the International Space Station, leading Expedition 16, and later commanded Expedition 51 as well. Across her NASA missions and subsequent flights with the private company Axiom Space, Whitson accumulated more cumulative time in space than any other American astronaut and any other woman in the world at various points, and she also holds records for the most spacewalks and most spacewalk time by a woman.

Facts
Birth Date
1960-02-09 3
Birth Year
1960 3
Nationality
American 3
Notable Mission
Expedition 16 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1996 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Peggy Whitson

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia: Peggy Whitson
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Peggy Whitson (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Peggy Whitson lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Wikipedia: Peggy Whitson
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1960-02-09
  • Lead, sentence 1
    born February 9, 1960
  • Wikidata, P27 country of citizenship
    United States
  • Lead, paragraph 2
    Expedition 16 in 2007-2008
  • Peggy Whitson, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    She served as the commander of Axiom Mission 2 in 2023 and Axiom Mission 4 in 2025.
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    She retired from NASA in 2018, after serving as the 13th chief of the Astronaut Office.
  • Associated With: NASA, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    She retired from NASA in 2018, after serving as the 13th chief of the Astronaut Office.
  • In Group: Space Station and Commercial Crew Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Her first NASA space mission was in 2002: an extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a crew member of Expedition 5.
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Wikidata: Peggy Whitson
Wikidata Q235523, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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