CAPE CANAVERAL — Astronaut Peggy Whitson has returned to Earth, wrapping up a record-breaking flight: 665 days off the planet — 288 days on this mission alone.
She exceeds that of any other American and any other woman worldwide.
Associated Press: Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth
Russia's Soyuz MS-04 space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and US astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer lands in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan on Sept. 3.
US astronaut Peggy Whitson touched down to Earth on Sept. 3 with two Russian and American colleagues following her record-breaking 288-day stay at the International Space Station.
