Who was the first woman to command the International Space Station (ISS)?
Peggy Whitson completed a six month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station as the ISS Commander for Expedition 16 in April 2008. She was first woman to command the International Space Station.
As the Expedition 16 Commander, Peggy Whitson participated in a seven hour, ten minute spacewalk. During the spacewalk, Whitson and astronaut Daniel Tani, the flight engineer, replaced a motor at the base of one of the station's solar wings.
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Louise C.
I do believe that she was commander of the. I.S.S twice. I think they are all amazing people
Helga U. Williams
Great question and very informative narrative.
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Wyla Reedy
Another woman breaking the barrier.
Char
Carroll Price, a catheter which I hate lol hurts
Char
GreedyJoel, maybe she was both 🙂
Char
Char, I had lol
Char
Has no clue a woman ever did..
Christopher Hefti
I hope she got equal pay
joan musicmasters
Never heard of any of them.
Irma Kuhn
Wow...very interesting did not know that!
Mark L Thomas
Lucky 50-50
Irene Townsend
Didn't know that one
Diding Otico
Got it, good Q&A
GreedyJoel
That's a long way from June Cleaver
Emilia Kosterina
Great question