{"id":52151,"date":"2017-04-05T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-399678"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:54:17","slug":"nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-adds-three-months-to-record-breaking-mission","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-adds-three-months-to-record-breaking-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Adds Three Months to Record-Breaking Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to extend her mission with an additional three months at the International Space Station.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/whitson_peggy.jpg?resize=2000,1331 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to extend her mission with an additional three months at the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Already poised to break the record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/peggy-a-whitson\">Peggy Whitson<\/a> is set to extend her mission with an additional three months at the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, signed an agreement to extend Peggy Whitson\u2019s stay on the space station into Expedition 52. Rather than returning to Earth with her Expedition 51 crew mates Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), in June as originally planned, Whitson will remain on the space station and return home with NASA\u2019s Jack Fischer and Roscosmos\u2019 Fyodor Yurchikhin. That landing is targeted for September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is great news,\u201d Whitson said. \u201cI love being up here. Living and working aboard the space station is where I feel like I make the greatest contribution, so I am constantly trying to squeeze every drop out of my time here. Having three more months to squeeze is just what I would wish for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrangement takes advantage of a Soyuz seat left empty by the Roscosmos decision to temporarily reduce their crew complement to two cosmonauts. Whitson\u2019s extension will ensure a full complement of six astronauts on board the station and increase the amount of valuable astronaut time available for experiments on board the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeggy\u2019s skill and experience makes her an incredible asset aboard the space station,\u201d said Kirk Shireman, NASA\u2019s International Space Station Program Manager. \u201cBy extending the stay of one of NASA\u2019s most veteran astronauts, our research, our technology development, our commercial and our international partner communities will all benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Whitson\u2019s third long-duration stay onboard the space station. She launched on Nov. 17 with 377 days in space already under her belt, and on April 24 will break Jeff Williams\u2019 standing United States record of 534 cumulative days in space. In 2008, Whitson became the first woman to command the space station, and on April 9 will become the first woman to command it twice. In addition, she holds the record for most spacewalks by a female.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Whitson\u2019s stay on the space station via social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/<\/strong><strong>www.twitter.com\/AstroPeggy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAastronautPeggyWhitson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/astropeggy.tumblr.com\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the space station and its crews at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Kathryn Hambleton <br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nkathryn.hambleton@nasa.gov<br \/>\nBrandi Dean\/ Dan Huot<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\nbrandi.k.dean@nasa.gov \/ dan.huot@nasa.gov <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Already poised to break the record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut, Peggy Whitson is set to extend her mission with an additional three months at the International Space Station. 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