Peggy Whitson

I love Italian, Mexican, Thai. Something spicy.

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I like to say I'm determined; some people would call it stubborn. It depends on your perspective.

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My parents are the hardest-working people I ever knew: they always worked every day, all day; they had to come up with the solutions to make things work. And I think that work ethic, maybe stubbornness, single-mindedness, definitely played a role for me. I'm definitely thankful for my roots.

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Life in zero gravity is hard to simulate. We practice on the ground what we call 'the day in the life' simulations, but it's just practicing some of the tests. It can't prepare you for the fact that all of your tools float if you don't pay attention to where they are! If you don't Velcro things down, they're gonna float away.

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You need to live a little bit outside your comfort zone because you can be even more than you dream of.

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