All-time US record-holder, Cmdr. Peggy Whitson, returns from space tonight (watch LIVE 9:22 ET) [View all]

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Chris Hadfield‏ @Cmdr_Hadfield 44m44 minutes ago

Tonight this woman returns from space, the all-time US record-holder. Commander Peggy Whitson PhD, you rock. Safe landing, @AstroPeggy!

Space superwoman returning to Earth with records galore

Astronaut Peggy Whitson is closing out a space streak unmatched by any other American.

The world's most experienced spacewoman is due back on Earth this weekend following 9 ½ months at the International Space Station. Counting all her flights, she will have logged 665 days in space—the equivalent of more than 1 ½ years.

First stop Saturday night is Kazakhstan as usual for a Russian Soyuz capsule touchdown, then a brief detour to Germany before heading home to storm-crippled Houston.

During her third and latest mission, which began last November, the 57-year-old biochemist became the oldest woman in space. She performed her 10th spacewalk, more than any other woman. And she became the first woman to command the space station twice.

read: https://phys.org/news/2017-09-space-superwoman-earth-galore.html

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