Astronaut advice: Peggy Whitson In History & Culture, Science & Nature, Space, Video / 14 March 2018 Find your passion,” says veteran Astronaut Peggy Whitson. The Iowa native holds the record for time in space by an American. Learn all about Whitson in this episode of My Path from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Related posts: Launch of the Apollo 10 Mission May 18, 1969 Space shuttle Discovery to be added to National Air and Space Museum collection Graffiti in Space “Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon” by Al Worden with Francis French Tags: National Air and Space Museum