Question- Recently Peggy Whitson was in the news. She is a-
(a) Scientist
(b) Actress
(c) Literature
(d) Astronaut
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On 15th June, 2018 NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for most cumulative time in space, became retired.
- Whitson has had been the female commander twice in International Space Station.
- She has also a record of being the first woman commander of ISS.
- With her return, his 288-day mission ended.
- This mission began in the month of November last year.
- Under this mission, a distance of 12.22 crores was travelled and 4623 rounds of earth were taken.
- This was his third long term mission at the Space Center.
- With this one the number of total spacewalks of her career has increased to 10.
- She spent a total of 665 days in space, which is the record of the most time spent by an American astronaut.
- She has also been the oldest female astronaut to participate in space exploration.
Reference:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/record-setting-nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-retires
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/peggy-a-whitson
https://www.space.com/40909-record-breaking-nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-retires.html