Peggy Whitson talks with POTUS
President Donald Trump called NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson to congratulate her on a successful return from a record-breaking mission to the International Space Station.
Expedition 52 crew back on Earth
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (left), Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) and NASA astronaut Jack Fischer (right) pose for a photo after landing in Kazakhstan on Sept. 3, 2017, local time (late Sept. 2, EDT). Whitson spent 288 days on the space station during her flight, with Fischer and Yurchikhin spending 136 days on their mission.
Astronaut Peggy Whitson smiles after record mission
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson smiles after returning to Earth on a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan on Sept. 3, 2017, local time (Sept. 2 EDT), ending a record-breaking mission to the International Space Station.
In the cupola
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson floats in front of the cupola window at the International Space Station. The cupola is the largest window ever launched into space and provides a clear view of Earth and incoming cargo shipments.
President Trump calls space station to congratulate Peggy Whitson
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut.
Mission control to Trump
Flight Director Brian Smith, Capcom astronaut Jessica Meir along with astronaut Jeff Williams monitor activities in Mission Control as President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins make a special Earth-to-space call Monday, April 24, 2017, from the Oval Office to personally congratulate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station.
Peggy Whitson talks from ISS
NASA astronaut and space station crewmember Peggy Whitson speaks with a representative of the Guinness Book of World Records on July 26, 2017.
Oranges, apples and more
Inside the Unity module, Expedition 51 crewmembers — from the left, flight engineers Oleg Novitskiy, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Jack Fischer and commander Peggy Whitson — eat together.
Peggy and Jack Fourth of July 1
NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer celebrated 2017's Fourth of July in space on the International Space Station with a stars-and-stripes photoshoot.
Space cheeseburger!
A "space cheeseburger," made using a tortilla for bread, is seen on board the International Space Station in late 2016. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson floats in the background.
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