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Iowan Peggy Whitson has raked in enough awards and accolades to buckle even the strongest mantel, but this year she’ll add arguably her biggest superlative: Hall of Famer. Whitson — who has ...

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After high school, she did her engineering degree and her PhD in industrial chemistry at the University ... me when I later applied to become an astronaut." While in Antarctica, Christian oversaw ...