With 56 years of age, the american is up to now the only woman to lead the astronaut corps dominated by men of NASA.
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MIAMI, Florida.- The astronaut Peggy Whitson is on the verge of becoming the woman of greater age in the space, adding this to the long list of records that have been broken.
Whitson will be 56 years when take-off today on the planet. In February, it will meet the 57 on the International Space Station.
The above is a far cry from the flight that John Glenn did in the space shuttle at age 77, a few less than the second older man. But it is enough to unseat the mark of Barbara Morgan as the bigger woman in space. Morgan waited so long to take his role as a substitute teacher in space Christa McAuliffe in 2007, it had 55 when I finally traveled, according to The Associated Press.
it will Be the third mission in the space station right-Whitson, a biochemistry born in Iowa, and his second voyage as commander. Take off from Kasajistán with two younger men, one Russian and one French. Join the american and two russians that are in the space station.
'it Is a great place to work and live, and I feel very fortunate to go to be with friends while we are there', yesterday said Whitson in the press conference held a day before take-off.
'Even if nothing more I am cleaning the vents of the fan, everything is important'.
Whitson was the first woman to serve as commander on the space station –in 2007, when the station took nine years. It was also the first –and so far the only– woman to lead the astronaut corps dominated by men of NASA. No other woman has spent more time in the space.
Whitson pointed out that although they will miss their friends and family, probably the biggest challenge is the lack of variety in the food space
Strictly in terms of the exposure to the radiation throughout life, NASA insisted that Whitson remained for a time in the Land at the end of its most recent mission.
'I Would have preferred to have gone before, but it’s okay', he said during the summer.
Whitson is transferred in a rocket Soyuz, accompanied by a Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Novitskiy, 45 years of age, and a new French in the space, Thomas Pesquet, who has 38.
The launch is scheduled for 15:20 hours today Eastern time from the Cosmódromo the launch site in Baikonur of Kazakhstan.
'Dear Peggy, you are a very brave woman who has won the hearts of all the inhabitants of Baikonur', he said in a ceremony yesterday, the administrator of the City Anatoly Petrenko. 'I admire her. I wish him the best in the take-off'.
During the training, a team of French documentary followed Pesquet, focusing on the relative youth and the eyes of a newcomer. Whitson said that, in comparison, the interest in it was for being 'old and experienced'.
'Well, yes, I’m old', he said in an interview for NASA. During a recent series of interviews prior to the flight he commented that with age it gets easier, well, you know what to expect in a space flight, and how to give priorities.
Yesterday, Whitson pointed out that although they will miss their friends and family –her husband, the biochemist Clarence Sams, also works in the NASA– probably the biggest challenge is the lack of variety in the food space.
'Is there will be French food', assured him Pesquet. Pesquet and his crewmates will enjoy dishes encremados in advance by celebrity chefs; Pesquet said that he will prepare the New Year dinner.
Whitson has spent 377 days in space and performed several spacewalks. With its mission next six months should meet most of 534 days in space, the american record in September won the astronaut of 58 years, Jeffrey Williams.
Whitson said to have had a career fortunate with little to regret.
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