Making History: First Woman to Command the International Space Station

Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut and Expedition 16 commander Peggy A. Whitson, the station's first female commander; cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko (center), Soyuz commander and flight engineer of Roscosmos; and spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor walk from the RSC Energia Assembly and Testing Facility.

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