The age of the cosmos is not a hindrance: an American set a world record

Peggy Whitson, the first woman to command the International Space Station, will conduct her 57-th birthday on the ISS. Photo: nasa.gov

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has just become the oldest woman in space, adding her long list of records.

56-year-old Whitson set out on November 17, starting her 3 flight to the International Space Station.

Photo: nasa.gov

She took off from Kazakhstan with 45-year-old Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and 38-year-old French astronaut Thomas Peske, launching the 6-month mission.

“Well, yes, I'm old,” she told NASA. Whitson added that it’s easier to fly into space when you know what to expect.

She will celebrate her 57 birthday in February at the space station.

What is not her soul? To space food.

But Sand quickly reassured her. “This time there will be French food there,” he assured her, adding that he would prepare a New Year's feast with dishes from the best chefs.

In 2007, Whitson became the first woman to act as a space station commander. She was also the first — and so far the only — woman led by a NASA astronaut detachment. No other woman spent more time in space than she did.

“This is a great place to live and work, and I think I’m very lucky to be there with friends,” Whitson said at the November November 16 press conference.

Whitson said she is far from completing work in the space industry. “Regarding the goals of NASA, we must live on Mars for the rest of my life,” she said. “Perhaps I will not live so long, so it’s better to hurry!”

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