Peggy A. Whitson

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Rice_University
gptkb:Iowa_Wesleyan_College
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NASA_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:NASA_Exceptional_Service_Medal
gptkb:NASA_Outstanding_Leadership_Medal
gptkb:Women_in_Aviation_International_Pioneer_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:NASA_Space_Flight_Medal
gptkb:NASA_Exceptional_Achievement_Medal
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1960-02-09
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Kathleen_Matthews
gptkbp:employer gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:fieldOfWork biochemistry
space exploration
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Peggy A. Whitson
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Axiom_Space
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor first woman to command the ISS twice
most spacewalks by a woman
gptkbp:numberOfSpacewalks 10
gptkbp:occupation astronomer
chemist
NASA administrator
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Mount_Ayr,_Iowa,_United_States
gptkbp:recordedAt oldest woman in space
first female commander of the International Space Station
longest cumulative time spent in space by an American astronaut
gptkbp:retired 2018
gptkbp:returnedToSpace 2023
gptkbp:spaceMission gptkb:Axiom_Mission_2
gptkb:Expedition_5
gptkb:Expedition_50
gptkb:Expedition_51
gptkb:Expedition_52
gptkb:Expedition_53
gptkb:Soyuz_MS-03
gptkb:Soyuz_TMA-11
gptkb:Expedition_16
gptkb:Soyuz_MS-04
gptkb:Soyuz_MS-06
gptkb:SpaceX_Crew_Dragon_Freedom
gptkb:Soyuz_TMA-9
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Clarence_F._Sams
gptkbp:totalSpacewalkTime 60 hours, 21 minutes
gptkbp:totalTimeInSpace 665 days
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:STS-111
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6