FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 file photo, U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station, waves from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz MS-3 spaceship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool
Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance.
Whitson's 665 days off the planet -- 288 days on this mission alone -- exceeds that of any other American and any other woman worldwide.
She checked out of the International Space Station just hours earlier, along with another American and a Russian. Their Soyuz capsule landed in Kazakhstan shortly after sunrise Sunday -- Saturday night back in the U.S.
Fox News: Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight
These bloody journos, you know ... how about catapulted in that first sentence. When it took her 288 days to break the record, that isn't catapulting so much as taking a slow boat to China.
Zen Yogi: they're odd li'l dogeys but let's hear about her
We can hear people talking about feminism all the time, constantly, in fact, but they don't do much about it. Peggy Whitson has lived her life as one of the baddest females anywhere yet we don't hear much.
Zen Yogi: hmmm
At the Rockhouse, Peggy Whitson is a big deal and no hmmms about it.
Zen Yogi: is that from being such a fan of spaceflight even when you're too pussy to do it yourself?
That's likely part of it and I'm shamelessly afraid of something she takes on willingly since I'm not getting into a spaceship unless I'm driving it. The salute for this woman is firm and real.
Whitson, a biochemist, set a breakneck pace on all three of her space station expeditions, continually asking for more -- and still more -- scientific research to do. Scientists on the ground said it often was hard to keep up with her. She even experimented on food up there, trying to add some pizazz to the standard freeze-dried meals. Tortillas transformed into apple pies on her watch.
- Fox
Zen Yogi: I'm having trouble visualizing an apple pie tortilla, Silas
Apparently astronauts like it ... whatever it is.
Zen Yogi: she's been a hard-charging woman
She has indeed, Yogi. It adds nothing to do a recital of her history and really all the Rockhouse wants to do is show her some respect.
Here are the things Ms Whitson has been missing:
Except for the past week, Whitson said her mission hurried by. She's hungry for pizza and can't wait to use a regular flush toilet again. She's also eager to reunite with her husband, Clarence Sams, a biochemist who also works at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- Fox
Zen Yogi: her husband, pizzas, and flush toilets?
There you have it, mate. Focus on the important things.
Zen Yogi: are you being cynical?
Noooo, I think she's wonderful and what do you miss when you've been away from it all for a while, Yogi?
Zen Yogi: I lived away from it all for all my life, Silas, since I never leave Jellystone Park. Ranger Rick won't let me.
When you spend most of your time stealing pic-a-nic baskets, it doesn't sound like you're so far away, Yogi.
Zen Yogi: good point
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