Examplary female scientists and artists series - midnight lecture 12 / 2024.04.18. 🎻♀️⚗️
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„Peggy Whitson was the first female, nonmilitary Chief of the Astronaut Office. During her long NASA career she traveled to the International Space Station for three long-duration missions culminating in a total of 665 days in space, and became the first woman commander of the ISS.”
- Oct 13, 2023, NASA.
„Peggy Whitson, Ph. D., America's most experienced astronaut, flew on three NASA long-duration space flights and Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), accumulating 675 days in space, more than any other American astronaut or woman astronaut in the world.” - www.axiomspace.com