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The International Space Station. NASA.
INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION
While staying at the International Space Sta-
tion, she conducted scientific experiments and
concurrently repaired and upgraded the station
in open space. She was entrusted with opera-
ting the robotic arm, an assignment in which
she was able to leverage her physics and engi-
neering know-how.
Her extraordinary persistence and resource-
fulness enabled her to set several records. With
195 consecutive days spent at the International
Space Station, she was the record holder among
female astronauts until June 2015. She spent 321
days or almost 11 months in space in total. Un-
til 2017, she was also the record holder among
women with seven space walks and a total of 50
hours and 40 minutes of extravehicular activity.
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