Peggy Whitson

USA

Peggy Whitson

(Peggy Annette Whitson)

(Feb 09, 1960)

Astronaut 419

Astronaut of the USA 264

Woman-astronaut 38

EVA astronaut 144

EVA astronaut of the USA 91

Spaceflights 5

EVAs 10

Spaceflights

No.	Launch	Orbiter	Duration
1st	Jun 05, 2002	Endeavour STS-111 - ISS-5 - Endeavour STS-113	184 d 22 h 14 m 23 s (4438 h 14 m 23 s)
2nd	Oct 10, 2007	Soyuz ТМА-11 - ISS-16	191 d 19 h 7 m 5 s (4603 h 7 m 5 s)
3rd	Nov 17, 2016	Soyuz MS-03 - ISS-50/51/52 - Soyuz MS-04	289 d 5 h 1 m 40 s (6941 h 1 m 40 s)
4th	21.05.2023	Dragon 10 - ISS	9 d 5 h 27 m 0 s (221 h 27 m 0 s)
5th	25.06.2025	Dragon 18 - ISS	20 d 3 h 0 m 0 s (483 h 0 m 0 s)
Cumulative time:			695 d 6 h 50 m 8 s (16686 h 50 m 8 s)

EVAs

No.	Date	Orbiter	Duration
1st	Aug 16, 2002	ISS Russia	4 h 25 m
2nd	Nov 09, 2007	ISS USA	6 h 55 m
3rd	Nov 20, 2007	ISS USA	7 h 16 m
4th	Nov 24, 2007	ISS USA	7 h 4 m
5th	Dec 18, 2007	ISS USA	6 h 56 m
6th	Jan 30, 2008	ISS USA	7 h 10 m
7th	Jan 06, 2017	ISS USA	6 h 32 m
8th	Mar 30, 2017	ISS USA	7 h 4 m
9th	May 12, 2017	ISS USA	4 h 13 m
10th	May 23, 2017	ISS USA	2 h 46 m
Cumulative time:			60 h 21 m

Peggy Whitson made the longest space flight among women (more than 289 days). Peggy Whitson has the largest total time of space flights duration among USA astronauts (more than 665 days) - the eighth result among all astronauts. Peggy Whitson performed the most spacewalks among women - 10. Peggy Whitson has the most the large total time of spacewalks for women (more than 60 hours) - is the fourth time among all astronauts.

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for the longest cumulative time spent in space, is leaving the agency; the decision takes effect on Friday, June 15, 2018.

Whitson, a native of Beaconsfield, Iowa, began her NASA career in 1986 as a National Research Council resident research associate at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. Before being selected for the astronaut corps in 1996, she held a number of scientific positions, notably serving as the project scientist for the Shuttle-Mir Program and as co-chair of the U.S.-Russian joint working group on mission science.

During her career as an astronaut, Whitson completed three long-duration missions to the International Space Station, setting new records during each one. She first flew to space in 2002 as part of Expedition 5; during that mission, she participated in 21 scientific investigations and became NASA's first station science officer. In 2008, Whitson returned to orbit as part of Expedition 16 and became the first female commander of the ISS.

During her final mission, which spanned ISS Expeditions 50, 51, and 52 (from November 2016 to September 2017), Whitson became the first woman to command the space station twice (during Expedition 51). She also set the record for the most spacewalks by a woman—10 spacewalks totaling 60 hours and 21 minutes—and set the record for cumulative time spent in space by an American astronaut (665 days).

Whitson’s work for NASA on Earth was equally significant. From 2009 to 2012, she led the Astronaut Office, becoming the first woman and the first civilian (non-military) to hold this position.

After leaving NASA, Peggy Whitson became a full-time astronaut for Axiom Space. Whitson commanded two private missions organized by Axiom Space.