https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/2013/07/24/celebrating-role-models-in-science-engineering-achievement-peggy-whitson <span>Celebrating Role Models in Science &amp; Engineering Achievement: Peggy Whitson! </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><b>Peggy Whitson -- NASA Astronaut and Biochemist</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/files/usasciencefestival/files/2013/07/Peggy-Whitson-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1724" alt="Peggy Whitson 2" src="/files/usasciencefestival/files/2013/07/Peggy-Whitson-2.jpg" width="330" height="316" /></a></p> <p>We continue to recognize <strong>50 Years of Women in Space</strong> with STEM Role Model Peggy Whitson. Peggy Whitson grew up on a farm in Iowa with big dreams of becoming a NASA Astronaut. She was the first female commander of the International Space Station and a veteran of six space walks. She set records among American Astronauts for spending the most time in space.</p> <p>Her achievements as a veteran space explorer are well known among the distinguished ranks of NASA astronauts, but learn of her harrowing and life-threatening journey back to Earth after her space mission in 2008 by clicking <a href="http://www.usasciencefestival.org/schoolprograms/2014-role-models-in-science-engineering/1127-peggy-whitson.html" target="_blank">here</a>!</p> <p>Read more of her fascinating biography <a href="http://www.usasciencefestival.org/schoolprograms/2014-role-models-in-science-engineering/1127-peggy-whitson.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p><strong>Learn more about the USA Science &amp; Engineering Festival <a href="http://usasciencefestival.org/" target="_blank">here</a>. Save the dates for April 26-27, 2014 for the Festival Finale Expo in Washington, D.C. </strong></p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/carlyo" lang="" about="/author/carlyo" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">carlyo</a></span> <span>Wed, 07/24/2013 - 12:45</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/role-models-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Role Models in Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/astronaut" hreflang="en">Astronaut</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nasa" hreflang="en">NASA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/peggy-whitson" hreflang="en">Peggy Whitson</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/role-models" hreflang="en">Role Models</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/stem" hreflang="en">STEM</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/usa-science-engineering-festival" hreflang="en">USA Science &amp; Engineering Festival</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/women-space" hreflang="en">Women in Space</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/usasciencefestival/2013/07/24/celebrating-role-models-in-science-engineering-achievement-peggy-whitson%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:45:05 +0000 carlyo 70511 at https://scienceblogs.com