Humans in Low Orbit: A Conversation with Astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson
From Smart Women, Smart Power by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
October 31, 2025 · 34 min
About this episode
Dr. Peggy Whitson discusses her record-setting journey in space and the future of human spaceflight.
Dr. Peggy Whitson holds the record for the longest cumulative time in space by an American astronaut and any woman astronaut in the world. In this episode, guest host Emily Harding, Vice President of the CSIS Defense and Security Department, sits down with Dr. Whitson, Vice President of Human Spaceflight at Axiom Space and former NASA astronaut, about health breakthroughs in space, the future of human spaceflight, and her record-setting journey in low orbit.
People in this episode
Host: Emily Harding
Guest: Dr. Peggy Whitson
Topics covered
- space exploration
- health breakthroughs
- human spaceflight
- NASA
- astronauts
Keywords
- longest cumulative time in space
- Axiom Space
- health breakthroughs in space
- future of human spaceflight
- NASA astronaut
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