Peggy Whitson is back! The record-breaking astronaut reveals

Peggy Whitson is back! The record-breaking astronaut reveals why she chose to command a private space mission after leaving NASA.
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Chelsea Gohd
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson will return to space to command an Axiom Space spaceflight after retiring from NASA in 2018.
Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson will return to space to command a commercial mission for Texas-based Axiom Space, three years after her retirement from NASA in 2018.
"There was no question," Whitson told Space.com in an exclusive interview about her decision to return to space. Whitson retired from NASA in 2018 after setting a number of records, including the most cumulative days spent in space by a NASA astronaut with 665 days, 22 hours and 22 minutes in space. But Whitson is about to add 10 more days to that record, as she will command a private mission to be launched by the private spaceflight company Axiom Space. 

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