ASTRONAUT

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 a total of 665 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. On her second mission, Expedition 16 in 2007-2008, she became the first woman to command the ISS. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peggy Whitson has received more than 1,317,390 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Peggy Whitson is the 151st most popular astronaut (down from 142nd in 2019), the 5,525th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,824th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peggy Whitsons by language

Over the past year Peggy Whitson has had the most page views in the with 135,732 views, followed by French (13,936), and German (7,687). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (110.63%), Malagasy (80.72%), and Dutch (71.81%)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Peggy Whitson ranks 151 out of 556. Before her are William R. Pogue, Vladimir Solovyov, Valeri Tokarev, Pavel Vinogradov, Edward Gibson, and Tatyana Kuznetsova. After her are Vladimir Kovalyonok, Thomas Reiter, William Shepherd, Chiaki Mukai, Franklin Chang Díaz, and Ronald McNair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Peggy Whitson ranks 195. Before her are Daniel Silva, Slavko Štimac, Matt Sorum, Neil Flynn, Phil Taylor, and Mykelti Williamson. After her are Andrés Gómez, Aleida Guevara, Doug Hutchison, Almudena Grandes, Pedro Delgado, and Susanne Lothar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peggy Whitson ranks 5,525 out of 20,380. Before her are Helen Jacobs (1908), Donny Hathaway (1945), John Mellencamp (1951), Randy Jackson (1961), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), and Frank Thomas (1912). After her are Raoul Trujillo (1955), Leigh Brackett (1915), Louise Erdrich (1954), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), Tammy Wynette (1942), and Billy Cox (1939).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Peggy Whitson ranks 55. Before her are Vance D. Brand (1931), Sunita Williams (1965), Mae Jemison (1956), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), William R. Pogue (1930), and Edward Gibson (1936). After her are William Shepherd (1949), Ronald McNair (1950), Eileen Collins (1956), Owen Garriott (1930), Joe Engle (1932), and Theodore Freeman (1930).

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