Peggy whitson astronaut returns safely

Whitson launched on Novem, as part of Expedition 50/51/52 and returned safely on Earth on..

Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced astronaut with nearly two years in orbit over three missions, returns to Earth Saturday after an extended 288-day stay aboard the International Space Station, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan with Soyuz MS-04 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA flight engineer Jack Fischer.

Bidding station commander Randy Bresnik, Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli and cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy farewell, Whitson and her two crewmates plan to undock from the Russian Poisk module at 5:58 p.m.

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who set multiple U.S. space records during her mission aboard the International Space Station, along with.

  • NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who set multiple U.S. space records during her mission aboard the International Space Station, along with.
  • Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for US space endurance.
  • Whitson launched on Novem, as part of Expedition 50/51/52 and returned safely on Earth on.
  • The remarkable year-old Ph.D biochemist by training has spent nearly 2 years of her entire life in space and she holds several other.
  • Iowa native and astronaut Peggy Wilson has safely returned back to Earth according to KCCI.

    • EDT (GMT-4) Saturday.

    After moving a safe distance away, Yurchikhin and Fischer will monitor a planned four-minute 38-second rocket firing to slow the craft by about 286 mph, just enough to drop the far side of the orbit deep into the atmosphere for a dawn landing near the town of Dzezkazgan, Kazakhstan, a few seconds shy of 9:22 p.m.

    (7:22 a.m. Sunday local time).

    Russian recovery crews and NASA flight surgeons and support personnel will be standing by to help the