{"id":425314,"date":"2017-04-24T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-sets-spaceflight-record\/"},"modified":"2017-04-24T13:32:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:32:00","slug":"nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-sets-spaceflight-record","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-sets-spaceflight-record\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets Spaceflight Record"},"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\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"View of Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson in the cupola.\" 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\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss050e014337.jpg?resize=900,599 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson flew through the standing record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut at 1:27 a.m. EDT on April 24, 2017, and with the recent extension of her stay at the International Space Station, she has five months to rack up a new one.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting. NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/peggy-a-whitson\">Peggy Whitson<\/a> flew through the standing record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut at 1:27 a.m. EDT on April 24, 2017, and with the recent extension of her stay at the International Space Station, she has five months to rack up a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Record holder is a familiar title for Whitson \u2013 she’s held several over the course of her NASA career. In 2008, Whitson became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/imagegallery\/image_feature_2371.html\">first woman to command the space station<\/a>, and on April 9 became the first woman to command it twice. In March, she seized the record for most spacewalks by a female. Now, after launching on Nov. 17 with 377 days in space already under her belt, she’s surpassed astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jeff-williams-racks-up-new-time-in-space-record\/\">Jeff Williams’<\/a> previous United States record of 534 days, 2 hours and 48 minutes of cumulative time in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Whitson’s third long-duration stay onboard the space station, and in March her mission was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-adds-three-months-to-record-breaking-mission\">extended<\/a> into September, increasing the amount of valuable astronaut time available for experiments on board the station. When she returns to Earth, she’ll have spent more than 650 days in space, and decades supporting spaceflight from the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/record-breaking-nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-sets-new-record-for-time-in-space\">More: NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets New Record for Time in Space<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0J3MmEZz5g\" rel=\"noopener\">Video: Five Times Peggy Whitson Made History<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>534 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes and counting. 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