Space · astronaut
Peggy Whitson
AXIOM SPACE
AMERICAN
ACTIVE
Career
Time in space
695 d 6 h
Spacewalks
10
60 h 25 m outside
Flights
5
5 landings
Status
Active
Agency
Axiom SpaceNationality
AmericanBorn
09 Feb 1960First flight
05 Jun 2002Most recent flight
25 Jun 2025Type
PrivateLinks
WikipediaBiography
Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5. Her second mission launched October 10, 2007, as the first female commander of the ISS with Expedition 16. She was on her third long-duration space flight and was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 51, before handing over command to Fyodor Yurchikhin on June 1, 2017.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 4 | 25 Jun 2025 |
| 04 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 2 | 21 May 2023 |
| 03 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-03 | 17 Nov 2016 |
| 02 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-11 | 10 Oct 2007 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111 | 05 Jun 2002 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026