Astronaut and alumna Peggy Whitson tapped as Rice's 2024 commencement speaker
February 29, 2024
February 29, 2024
HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 29 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Alumna Peggy Whitson '86, America's most experienced astronaut, will deliver the address at Rice's 111th commencement during the undergraduate ceremony May 4.
Throughout her 37-year career, Whitson has flown on three NASA long-duration space flights and Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), accumulating 675 days in space, more than any other American astronaut or female astronaut in the world.
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Alumna Peggy Whitson '86, America's most experienced astronaut, will deliver the address at Rice's 111th commencement during the undergraduate ceremony May 4.
Throughout her 37-year career, Whitson has flown on three NASA long-duration space flights and Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), accumulating 675 days in space, more than any other American astronaut or female astronaut in the world.
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