{"id":51910,"date":"2017-08-24T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-408256"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:00:32","slug":"media-invited-to-talk-to-record-breaking-nasa-astronaut-before-landing","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/media-invited-to-talk-to-record-breaking-nasa-astronaut-before-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Invited to Talk to Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut Before Landing"},"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\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg?w=1200\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson \" 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\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/de-dodbxcae19z_.jpg?resize=900,599 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson posted this image to her Twitter account (@AstroPeggy) of her storing blood samples in the International Space Station\u2019s ultra-cold freezer for eventual return to Earth. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson\u2019s final news conference from the International Space Station will air live on NASA Television and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">agency\u2019s website<\/a> at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 30-minute news conference will take place just days before Whitson returns to Earth after spending more than nine months aboard the orbiting laboratory, and breaking a number of records in space. Media may ask questions from NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston or Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as by phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To attend the briefing at Johnson, U.S. media must request credentials from the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29. To ask questions by phone, media must call the Johnson newsroom no later than 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All media accreditation requests for Kennedy must be submitted by 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 28, online at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/media.ksc.nasa.gov\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To access Kennedy, all media representatives must present two forms of unexpired, government identification. One form must include a photo, such as a passport or driver\u2019s license. Questions about accreditation should be directed to Jennifer Horner at jennifer.p.horner@nasa.gov or 321-867-6598.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitson launched to the space station Nov. 17, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is set to return Saturday, Sept. 2. She will land in Kazakhstan at 9:22 p.m. (7:22 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Sept. 3) along with NASA\u2019s Jack Fischer and cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos. Fischer and Yurchikhin have been Whitson\u2019s crew mates since they arrived at the space station in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitson and Fischer will return to Houston\u2019s Ellington Field on Sunday, Sept. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After landing, Whitson will hold the U.S. record for cumulative time in space, with 665 days in space during three long-duration missions. She was originally scheduled to return to Earth in June, but her mission was extended in March, increasing the amount of valuable astronaut time available for hundreds of experiments she and her crewmates participated in. She is the woman who has spent the longest time in orbit during a single spaceflight (288 days). Whitson also holds the records for most spacewalks and time spent spacewalking by a female astronaut. During her second mission, she became the first woman to command the space station, and during this mission, she became the first woman to command the station twice \u2013 she was station commander from April 9 through June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Whitson\u2019s full biography at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/peggy-a-whitson\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Whitson on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstroPeggy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweets by AstroPeggy<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAastronautPeggyWhitson\n<\/div><\/figure>\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>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheryl Warner<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\ncheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<br>\nBrandi Dean<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\nbrandi.k.dean@nasa.gov<br>\nTracy Young<br>\nKennedy Space Center, Florida<br>\n321-867-9284<br>\ntracy.g.young@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson\u2019s final news conference from the International Space Station will air live on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 30. 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