ISS’s First Female Commander, Peggy Whitson, Returns to Earth
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HOUSTON: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the first female commander of the International Space Station, returned to Earth at approximately 4:30 a.m. EDT Saturday, ending a mission during which she conducted five spacewalks and set a new record in American spaceflight.
Whitson and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, members of the 16th crew to live and work aboard [...]
