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05 Sep 2017

Welcome home, says US President Trump after record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson's touchdown

The record-setting astronaut just made her descent to Earth on Saturday, September 2, along with her two crewmates – NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos.

03 Sep 2017

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson ends record-breaking space mission, makes smooth landing on Earth

In April, Whitson broke the 534-day US record for cumulative time in space and has spent a career-total of 665 days in space.

02 Sep 2017

Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson set to return to Earth

Whitson, along with fellow Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the space station and land in Kazakhstan at 9:22 pm EDT.

05 Jun 2017

SpaceX's first-ever reused Dragon Capsule arrives at space station!

The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule was launched into the aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on June 3, 2017 at 5:07 pm (2107 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

23 May 2017

Short emergency spacewalk comes to an end; installation work successful, says NASA

A similar MDM replacement spacewalk was conducted in April 2014 by Expedition 39 crewmembers Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio of NASA.

23 May 2017

Emergency spacewalk outside ISS underway; NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer take the reigns – Watch LIVE

The failed relay box was installed in the space station truss March 30 during a spacewalk by Whitson and Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough.

23 May 2017

NASA astronauts all set for emergency spacewalk outside International Space Station today

Expedition 51 Commander Whitson and Flight Engineer Fischer will replace a critical computer relay box that failed May 20.

22 May 2017

Emergency spacewalk: Here's why NASA astronauts will venture outside space station on Tuesday

The multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) data relay box on the S0 truss failed on Saturday morning.

12 May 2017

Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer conclude 200th spacewalk!

The spacewalk was the ninth of Whitson's career. She holds the record for most spacewalks by a woman.

12 May 2017

Historic 200th spacewalk delayed after NASA discovers water leak!

Spacewalks usually last about six and a half hours, but Friday's would be "abbreviated" due to the late start and would last about four hours.

International Space Station

12 May 2017

Expedition 51 astronauts perform 200th spacewalk outside International Space Station!

ISS astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer are venturing outside the space station to replace a large avionics box that supplies electricity and data connections to the science experiments, and replacement hardware stored outside the station.

International Space Station

11 May 2017

ISS astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer to conduct 200th spacewalk outside space station on Friday!

Expedition 51 astronauts will venture outside the space station to replace a large avionics box that supplies electricity and data connections to the science experiments, and replacement hardware stored outside the station.

26 Apr 2017

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson speaks to viewers in first 4K livestream from space

At 1:30 p.m. EDT (11:p.m. India Time) on Wednesday, April 26, Whitson - currently commander of Expedition 51 - take viewers 250 miles off the Earth to the International Space Station (ISS) in the first 4K video live from space.

24 Apr 2017

More impressed with you than politicians, says Donald Trump to record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson!

With Trump signing a new legislation last month adding human exploration of Mars to NASA's mission, Whitson was also asked about the Mars schedule and when could they see a manned probe to the Red Planet.

24 Apr 2017

Astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks US spaceflight record: Things to know about her

Peggy A Whitson (Ph.D) is currently part of Expedition 50/51, which is her third long-duration mission to the space station.

24 Apr 2017

Donald Trump to speak with record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson today – Here's how to see President’s call to ISS

The special 20-minute 'Earth-to-space' call at 10 a.m. EDT Monday, April 24, is to personally congratulate Whitson for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

20 Apr 2017

Donald Trump to make Earth-to-space call on April 24

The call will be made available to schools, museums, and other organisations across the nation and globally, NASA said in a statement on Wednesday.

International Space Station

20 Apr 2017

Two-member crew head to space station aboard Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft – Watch liftoff

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and his Expedition 51-52 crewmate Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin are on the docket for this flight, scheduled for take off at 3:13 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 20 (1:13 p.m. Baikonur time), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft.

11 Apr 2017

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson to be a part of first ultra-high-definition live stream from space!

The event will be moderated by Carolyn Giardina, technology editor for the Hollywood Reporter.

10 Apr 2017

ISS Expedition 50 crew safely lands in Kazakhstan after 173 days in space - Watch

NASA says the trio will land in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 7:21 a.m. EDT (5:21 p.m. Kazakhstan time).

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