NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson spare nametag embroidery patch Soyuz MS-03 ISS Expedition 50.

Hook-and-loop fastener attached to the back of the patch.

The photo and patch inserted in thick plastic folder, size 4" x 6".

Ready to display in your collection.

Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut and former NASA Chief Astronaut.

Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard ISS as a member of Expedition 5. On her second mission, she became first female commander of the ISS with Expedition 16.

In 2009, she became the first woman to serve as NASA's Chief Astronaut, the most senior position in the NASA Astronaut Corps.

In 2017, Whitson became the first female astronaut to command the International Space Station twice, and broke the record for the longest single space flight by a woman at 289 days in orbit before returning aboard Soyuz MS-04. This record was broken by Christina Koch's flight, which lasted 328 days.

Whitson holds the records for the oldest woman spacewalker and the record for total spacewalks by a woman.

Whitson's cumulative EVA time is 60 hours, 21 minutes, which places her in 5th place for total EVA time.

At age 57 on her final flight, she was also the oldest female astronaut ever in space at that time, and remains the oldest woman to fly in Earth orbit.

Peggy Whitson returned to Earth on September 3, 2017 having accrued a total of 665 days in space over the course of her career, making her NASA's most experienced astronaut to date. This total was more time in space than any other American and any other woman worldwide.

On June 15, 2018, Whitson announced her retirement from the agency, effective on the same day. She later became a consultant for Axiom Space and has been selected to be commander of Axiom Mission 2.

Soyuz MS-03 was Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016. It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to ISS. Soyuz MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, NASA American astronaut P. Whitson and ESA French astronaut T. Pesquet.

Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016.

On 2 June 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novistky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 days in space. Whitson remained on the ISS and returned on Soyuz MS-04 on 3 September 2017.