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Meet Peggy Whitson, NASA Astronaut and the first woman to command the Space Station. She holds the record for the most spacewalks by a woman, the oldest woman spacewalker and the most cumulative days in space! In her interview with MAKERS Women, Peggy Whitson shares her inspiring story and unshakeable persistence applying for NASA for over 10 years to realize her dream of becoming a NASA Astronaut.
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