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Peggy Whitson
Peggy Whitson was the first woman in history to command the international space station, not only once but twice. She was also declared to have the most spacewalks by a women with 10 spacewalks totaling in 60 hours and 21 minutes.

Rewards and honors
"Women on the Move" Award (2010)

Chief of the Astronaut Office
Whitson was appointed NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office in October 2009, replacing Steven W. Lindsey. Whitson was the first female, and first non-pilot to serve as Chief Astronaut. She resigned when she went back on active flight status in July 2012, replaced by Robert Behnken. Whitson has also served twice as the Commander of the International Space Station.

Whitson grew up on a farm outside the town of Beaconsfield, Iowa. Whitson graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School in 1978 and received a bachelor of science degree in biology and chemistry from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1981. She then went on to earn her doctorate degree in biochemistry from Rice University in 1985, and following completion of her graduate work, continued at Rice as a Robert A Welch Post-doctoral Fellow until October 1986. She has several other interest and hobbies in her early years, such as She is married to Clarence F. Sams.

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