Peggy Whitson has spent more time in space than any other NASA astronaut, male or female, and she is the oldest woman to go into space at 56, when she launched November 2016. She has also set the record for the most time spacewalking for a woman and is third in overall time spent in EVA.
Peggy will also get to observe the solar eclipse August 21, possibly as many as 3 times as they orbit Earth. She has a PhD in biochemistry from Rice University so she has been conducting experiments of testing new drug treatments and studying bone cells in microgravity.
Listen to her talk to Hanneke Weitering, a staff writer at Space.com:
Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson Talks About Space Travel & a Solar Eclipse
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