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Peggy Whitson

1960 - Today

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Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, and astronaut working for Axiom Space. She retired from NASA in 2018, after serving as Chief Astronaut. Over all her missions, Whitson has accumulated a total of 695 days in space, more than any other American or woman. Her first NASA space mission was in 2002: an extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a crew member of Expedition 5. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Peggy Whitson is the 135th most popular astronaut (up from 151st in 2024), the 5,044th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,524th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Peggy Whitson ranks 135 out of 556. Before her are James McDivitt, Aleksandr Serebrov, Valery Ryumin, Boris Yegorov, Musa Manarov, and Alfred Worden. After her are Christina Koch, Franklin Chang Díaz, Boris Volynov, Vance D. Brand, Sidney M. Gutierrez, and Tatyana Kuznetsova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Peggy Whitson ranks 168. Before her are Fabiola Gianotti, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Choi Sang-mok, Nobuyo Fujishiro, Omar Sharmarke, and Adam Clayton. After her are Ángel Fernández Artime, Jan Wouters, Rob Marshall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, and Jon Huntsman Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peggy Whitson ranks 5,044 out of 20,380. Before her are Peter Lynch (1944), Michael S. Hart (1947), Cat Power (1972), Albert Brooks (1947), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), and Margaret Sullavan (1909). After her are Susan Brownmiller (1935), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Edwin Drake (1819), Steve James (1952), Roy E. Disney (1930), and Ellen Swallow Richards (1842).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Peggy Whitson ranks 64. Before her are Deke Slayton (1924), Susan Kilrain (1961), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), James McDivitt (1929), and Alfred Worden (1932). After her are Christina Koch (1979), Vance D. Brand (1931), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Joseph A. Walker (1921), and Joe Engle (1932).

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