As Expedition 50/51 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:20 a.m. local time on Friday, American astronaut Peggy Whitson became the oldest woman to travel in space.<br />The Iowa-born biochemistry researcher and astronaut is on track to break more than just one record during her third-ever visit to the International Space Station.<br />Whitson will also become the first woman to command the orbital complex twice.<br />She already holds the record for the longest time spent in space by a woman with 377 days.
