Whitson

Peggy Annette

USA


International order nº: 422

US astr. nº: 267 / W-38

38th female astronaut of the world.

Personal data:

Birthdate:  09 Feb 1960
Birthplace:  Mt. Ayr / Iowa
Marital status:  married
Children:  
Selection date:  01 May 1996
Selection group:  NASA-16
Job:  MSP
Status:  Ret. 15.06.2018
Whitson Peggy

Spaceflights:

No Launch Spacecraft Date and time
of launch (UT)
Status while
launch
Spacecraft
of landing
Date and time
of landing (UT)
Duration
1 STS-111
(Endeavour/18)
05 Jun 2002
21:22:49 UTC
MS
FE2/PE-5/ISS
STS-113
(Endeavour/19)
07 Dec 2002
19:38:25 UTC
184d 22h 14m
2 Soyuz-TMA11 10 Oct 2007
13:22 UTC
FE
Cdr/PE-16/ISS
Soyuz-TMA11 19 Apr 2008
08:29 UTC
191d 19h 07m
3 Soyuz MS-03 17 Nov 2016
20:20:13 UTC
FE - ISS-50/51 Soyuz MS-04 03 Sep 2017
01:21:43 UTC
289d 05h 01m
4 Ax-2 21 May 2023
UTC
CDR Ax-2 03 Sep 2017
UTC
9d 05h 27m
5 Ax-4 25 June 2025
06:31:53 UTC
CDR Ax-4 15 July 2025
09:31:41 UTC
20d 02h 59m
Total duration: 695d 06h 48m

EVA′s

Date of
beginning
Time (UT) of
beginning
Duration Explanation
16 Aug 2002 09:25 4h 25m Whitson and Korzun; expedition ISS-5.
The 7th EVA from airlock Pirs. Installing first six of an eventuel 23 debris shields on Zvezda
09 Nov 2007 09:54 6h 55m Whitson and Malenchenko; expedition ISS-16.
The 46th EVA from airlock Quest. They disconnected cables from Destiny to PMA 2, demated avionics cables and released fluid tray bolts. They performed also a temporary stow of CETA light on Destiny.
20 Nov 2007 10:10 7h 16m Whitson and Tani; expedition ISS-16.
The 47th EVA from airlock Quest. Complete the exterior hookup of Harmony. Much of the spacewalk included the moving of a 300-pound, 18.5-foot fluid tray from its temporary location at the center of the station's main truss to Harmony.
24 Nov 2007 09:50 7h 04m Whitson and Tani; expedition ISS-16.
The 48th EVA from airlock Quest. Complete the exterior hookup of Harmony. Much of the spacewalk included the moving of another 300-pound, 18.5-foot fluid tray from its temporary location at the center of the station's main truss to Harmony.
18 Dec 2007 09:50 6h 56m Whitson and Tani; expedition ISS-16.
The 49th EVA from airlock Quest. Examination of the starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) and return a trundle assembly to the station's interior.
30 Jan 2008 09:56 7h 10m Whitson and Tani; expedition ISS-16.
The 50th EVA from airlock Quest. Replacing a motor with electrical failures, the Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module (BMRRM), called the 'broom". Inspection of the starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ).
06 Jan 2017 6h 32m Whitson and S.Kimbrough;
The astronauts installed adapter plates and hooked up electrical connections for three of six new lithium-ion batteries.
30 Mars 2017 7h 04m Whitson and S.Kimbrough;;
This spacewalk featured the astronauts reconnecting cables and electrical connections on PMA-3 at its new home on top Harmony.
12 May 2017 4h 13m Whitson and J.Fischer;
They replaced an avionics box on the starboard truss called an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier (ELC), a storage platform.
23 May 2017 2h 46m Whitson and J.Fischer;
The astronauts replaced a backup multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) that failed on May 20, 2017.
Total: 60h 21m EVAs: 10

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Job Date
1  STS-105  MS/FE  -
2  Soyuz TMA-9/Exp 14  FE  -
3  Soyuz MS-01  FE  07.07.2016
4  AX-1  CDR  08.04.2022
4  AX-3  CDR  18.01.2024

Additional information


Ref: #16, #21 - update: 03.12.2025