{"id":52152,"date":"2016-10-20T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T22:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-392748"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:49:21","slug":"nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-available-for-interviews-before-space-station-launch","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-available-for-interviews-before-space-station-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Available for Interviews Before Space Station Launch"},"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\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stands in front of a Soyuz rocket \" 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\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg 3478w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=300,231 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=768,592 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=1024,789 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=1536,1183 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=2048,1578 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=400,308 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=600,462 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=900,693 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=1200,924 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?resize=2000,1541 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 stands in front of a Soyuz rocket as it is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in July 2016. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<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\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Kate Rubins, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency\" 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\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124a.jpg?resize=2000,1331 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In April 2015, NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Kate Rubins, and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, participated in spacewalk training at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in preparation for their 2016 missions aboard the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Bill Stafford<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/peggy-a-whitson\" rel=\"noopener\">Peggy Whitson<\/a> will be available for live satellite interviews from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, on Thursday, Oct. 27, before her launch to the International Space Station. She will answer questions about her upcoming mission aboard the world-class orbiting laboratory from 7-8 a.m. EDT, airing live on NASA Television and streaming on the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitson, who considers Beaconsfield, Iowa, her hometown, is in Russia for final preparations prior to her launch on Nov. 15, U.S. time. The interviews will be preceded at 6:30 a.m. by 30 minutes of video clips highlighting her training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To schedule an interview, media must contact Karen Svetaka at 281-483-8684 or karen.a.svetaka@nasa.gov no later than 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Media participating in the live shots must tune to NTV-3. Satellite tuning information is available at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/1pOWUhR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitson will launch to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, along with her Expedition 50\/51 crewmates, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and astronaut Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her stay in space, Whitson will become the first woman to have commanded the space station twice. During Expedition 16 in 2007, she became the first woman ever to command the station. That flight and her first mission to the space station, as a flight engineer for Expedition 5 in 2002, give her a current total of 377 days in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitson and her crewmates also will perform some 250 research investigations and technology demonstrations not possible on Earth. Among the experiments is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/2279.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Lighting Effects<\/a>, which will investigate the impact of a new solid-state, light-emitting diode (LED) system on the crew\u2019s circadian rhythms, sleep and cognitive performance. The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nicer\" rel=\"noopener\">NICER<\/a>) experiment is scheduled to arrive at the station during the crew\u2019s stay and will examine the physics, nature and dynamics of neutron stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitson is scheduled to return to Earth with Novitskiy and Pesquet in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the latest NASA TV schedule and video streaming information at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Whitson on social media at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/twitter.com\/astropeggy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/astropeggy.tumblr.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAastronautPeggyWhitson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabatha Thompson<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\ntabatha.t.thompson@nasa.gov<br>\nBrandi Dean<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\nbrandi.k.dean@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will be available for live satellite interviews from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, on Thursday, Oct. 27, before her launch to the International Space Station. She will answer questions about her upcoming mission aboard the world-class orbiting laboratory from 7-8 a.m. EDT, airing live on NASA Television […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":54366,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"M16-124","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"MEDIA ADVISORY","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2800,3140,3139,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[12349],"internal-terms":[9514,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Available for Interviews Before Space Station Launch","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-available-for-interviews-before-space-station-launch\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-available-for-interviews-before-space-station-launch\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Astronauts","Expedition 49","Expedition 50","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2016-10-20T22:36:00Z","datePublished":"2016-10-20T22:36:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T18:49:21Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Available for Interviews Before Space Station Launch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-available-for-interviews-before-space-station-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2016-10-20T22:36:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Astronauts,Expedition 49,Expedition 50,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"featured_image":{"id":54366,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/m16-124b.jpg","title":"Expedition 48 Soyuz Rollout","alt":"NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stands in front of a Soyuz rocket","caption":"Expedition 48-49 backup crew member Peggy Whitson of NASA poses for a photograph as the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, July 4, 2016. 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