Peggy Whitson
Shuttle mission specialist and Station commander
Mission(s):
STS-111 ISS-5 Soyuz TMA-11 ISS-16
Date signed:
May 14, 2008
Comment:
Whitson was the first female commander of the International Space Station. She holds the record for the most time in space by a U.S. astronaut (377 days) and most spacewalks by a woman (6).