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Peggy Whitson, Expedition 5, Expedition 16
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Peggy Whitson, First Woman to Command the International Space Station

February 09, 2010
by Shannon Firth
On April 19, 2008, Peggy Whitson completed a tour as the first female commander of the International Space Station. A veteran NASA astronaut, Whitson oversaw the station’s first expansion in six years.