Bio/Wiki
| Real Name | Peggy Annette Whitson |
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| Nickname | Not Known |
Physical Stats & More
| Height | 163 cm |
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| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Hair Color | Brown |
Educational Qualification(s)
| School | Mount Ayr Community High School |
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| College/University | Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States; Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States |
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Personal Life
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Aquarius |
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| Hometown | Beaconsfield, Iowa, U.S. |
Family
| Father | Keith Whitson | ||||
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| Mother | Beth Whitson | ||||
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| Spouse | Clarence F. Sams | ||||
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| Religion | Not Known |
Career
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| Combined Time Spent in Space | 534 days, 2 hours and 48 minutes |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| She started working at the University she graduated from as a Robert A Welch Postdoctoral Fellow in 1985. | |
| In 1992, she became the project scientist of the Shuttle-Mir Program (STS-60, STS-63, STS-71, Mir 18, Mir 19) until 1995. | |
| Whitson became an astronaut candidate in April 1996 and began training in August of the same year. | |
| During Expedition 16, she exceeded Sunita Williams for the most spacewalks by a woman. | |
| After spending 534 days, 2 hours, and 48 minutes in space, Whitson set the record for the longest time spent in space by any NASA astronaut. |
