peggy whitson was the woman astronaut who held the world record of staying in the space for the longest time.
peggy whitson was the woman astronaut who held the world record of staying in the space for the longest time.
who is the woman astronaut who holds the world record of staying in the space for the longest time?
peggy whitson
jeffrey williams (astronaut)









































jeffrey nels williams (born january 18, 1958) is a retired united states army officer and a nasa astronaut. he is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the american record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in april 2017 by his colleague peggy whitson. he still holds the record of the longest time in space for an american man.









































section::::early life and education.
jeffrey williams (astronaut)
on june 18, 1983, sally ride made history as the first woman astronaut to go into space. about more than a year later, judith resnik took the space shuttle discovery into space and became the second woman in space. in 1988, ellen ochoa joined nasa and became the first hispanic woman astronaut. ochoa took on multiple missions that included space shuttles discovery, atlantis, four flights, and almost 1,000 hours in space. in 1985, shannon lucid took on her first flight and by the end of her career she had spent 188 days in space. lucid set an american record, for both men and women, with the most number of days in space until 2002.
women in nasa