NASA ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON EMBROIDERY PATCH SOYUZ MS-03 ISS EXPEDITION 50 for Sale

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NASA ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON EMBROIDERY PATCH SOYUZ MS-03 ISS EXPEDITION 50 For Sale

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NASA ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON EMBROIDERY PATCH SOYUZ MS-03 ISS EXPEDITION 50:
$20.90

NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson spare nametagembroiderypatchSoyuz MS-03 ISS Expedition 50.

Hook-and-loop fastener attached to the back of the patch.

The photo and patch inserted in thick plastic folder, size 4" x 6".

Ready to display in your collection.

Peggy Annette Whitsonis an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut and former NASA Chief Astronaut.

Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard ISSas a member ofExpedition 5. On her second mission, she became first female commander of the ISS withExpedition 16.

In 2009, she became the first woman to serve as NASA's Chief Astronaut, the most senior position in theNASA Astronaut Corps.

In 2017, Whitson became the first female astronaut to command theInternational Space Station twice, and broke the record for thelongest single space flight by a womanat 289 days in orbit before returning aboardSoyuz MS-04. This record was broken byChristina Koch's flight, which lasted 328 days.

Whitson holds the records for the oldest woman spacewalker and the record for total spacewalks by a woman.

Whitson's cumulative EVA time is 60 hours, 21 minutes, which places her in 5th place fortotal EVA time.

At age 57 on her final flight, she was also the oldest female astronaut ever in space at that time, and remains the oldest woman to fly in Earth orbit.

Peggy Whitson returned to Earth on September 3, 2017 having accrued a total of 665 days in space over the course of her career, making her NASA's most experienced astronaut to date. This total was more time in space than any other American and any other woman worldwide.

On June 15, 2018, Whitson announced her retirement from the agency, effective on the same day. She later became a consultant forAxiom Space and has been selected to be commander ofAxiom Mission 2.

Soyuz MS-03was Soyuzspaceflight launched on 17 November 2016. It transported three members of the Expedition 50crew to ISS. Soyuz MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, NASA American astronaut P. Whitson and ESA French astronaut T. Pesquet.

Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.

On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carryingOleg Novistkyand Thomas Pesquetback to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.