Record-breaking US astronaut and crew back on Earth

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Source: Raw Story

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Saturday, capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record.

Whitson, 57, ended an extended stay of more than nine months aboard the International Space Station, a $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.

“I feel great,” the biochemist said during an inflight interview on Monday. “I love working up here. It’s one of the most gratifying jobs I’ve ever had.”

During her third mission aboard the station, Whitson spent much of her time on experiments, including studies of cancerous lung tissue and bone cells. She also completed four spacewalks, adding to her six previous outings, to set a record for the most time spent spacewalking by a woman.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/record-breaking-us-astronaut-and-crew-back-on-earth/

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[longship]

1. Whitson's incredible!

She's done it all.


R&K

[customerserviceguy]

2. What an achievement

I hope that the studies on her experience will benefit future space research.

We drove from the West Palm Beach, FL area to SC yesterday, passing the "Space Coast" of Florida. It's staggering to think of the history at that location. About nine years ago, we went to Cape Canaveral, and got to meet astronaut Al Worden, who was one of the very few Earthlings to be near the moon! That was a treat for me, as I followed the space program religiously in the Sixties and Seventies.

[DesertRat]

3. Well it won't be the first time a woman has returned after a business trip...

Moira Whelan @moira

Well it won't be the first time a woman has returned after a business trip & learned a bonehead dude w/ no qualifications will be her boss

Link to tweet

[dembotoz]

4. Lol.

[demmiblue]

5. K&R