Oldest woman in space blasts off again for third ISS mission

Peggy Whitson, 56, will also have clocked up the most total time in orbit of any US astronaut on return from International Space Station in six monthsA multinational crew including a US astronaut who is the oldest and most experienced woman to fly in space blasted off from Kazakhstan for a two-day journey to the International Space Station.The Russian Soyuz rocket carrying American Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday night local time.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: International Space Station Science World news Nasa Source Type: news