Peggy Whitson Patch

Designed by artist Tim Gagnon

Whitson recently returned to Earth after an almost ten month assignment in space. During her mission, she broke numerous records including: most experienced female astronaut, the longest single spaceflight by a woman at 288 days, the greatest number of spacewalks by a woman at 10 and the most spacewalking hours at 60 hours and 21 minutes. She now ranks third overall for her spacewalking time for all men and women astronauts and cosmonauts and stands at 665 days, 22 hours and 22 minutes of cumulative time in space which is more than any U.S. astronaut male or female. Whitson also ranks as the world's eighth most experienced astronaut/cosmonaut.