Trump applauds astronaut Whitson on new space record
By Reuters
24 April 2017 |
4:09 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump congratulates NASA astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson for breaking the 534-day record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut.
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