Astronaut Peggy Whitson Just Shattered a Spacewalking Record
Astronaut Peggy Whitson is no stranger to crack roadblock : In gain to becoming thefirst woman commanderof the International Space Station ( ISS ) , the Iowa indigen has log 377 days in spacebetween two foreign mission — the most of any American spacewoman to date . Now , on her third mission aboard the ISS , Whitson is racking up even more impressive feats — today , she performed hereighth spacewalk , setting the platter for most spacewalks performed by a woman ....