Peggy Whitson

Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5. Her second mission launched October 10, 2007, as the first female commander of the ISS with Expedition 16. She was on her third long-duration space flight and was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 51, before handing over command to Fyodor Yurchikhin on June 1, 2017.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 4 — Commander · Success · June 25, 2025 · 06:31 UTC
• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 2 — Commander · Success · May 21, 2023 · 21:37 UTC
• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-03 — Flight Engineer · Success · November 17, 2016
• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-11 — Flight Engineer · Success · October 10, 2007
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111 — Mission Specialist · Success · June 5, 2002

• Expedition 51 EVA 2 — 2017-05-23 · 2h 46m
• Expedition 51 EVA 1 — 2017-05-12 · 4h 20m
• Expedition 50 EVA 4 — 2017-03-30 · 7h 4m
• Expedition 50 EVA 1 — 2017-01-06 · 6h 31m
• Expedition 16 EVA 5 — 2008-01-30 · 7h 10m
• Expedition 16 EVA 4 — 2007-12-18 · 6h 56m
• Expedition 16 EVA 3 — 2007-11-24 · 7h 4m
• Expedition 16 EVA 2 — 2007-11-20 · 7h 16m
• Expedition 16 EVA 1 — 2007-11-09 · 6h 55m
• Expedition 5 EVA 1 — 2002-08-16 · 4h 23m