Veteran NASA astronaut hands over ISS command for second—maybe final—time
NASA’s most veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson handed over command of the International Space Station on June 1. The NASA veteran knew it might be for the last time. She concluded Mission 51, which she commanded, and handed over the keys (metaphorically) to Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who commands Mission 52. She flew with Yurchikhin three […]