Watch Record- Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Return to Earth Tonight. NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson will return to Earth as the planet’s new record holder for longest time cumulatively spent on space by an American or a woman this weekend, touching down in a Russian Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan at 7: 2. Eastern). Whitson has spent the last nine and a half months in Earth orbit on the International Space Station, per the Washington Post, and counting her previous flights, will have logged 6. During her current mission, she also set the world record for oldest woman in space at 5.

As the Post noted, she is also the only female astronaut to have commanded the ISS twice. According to the Post, one of the colleagues returning with her has spent even longer in the aether: Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who has cumulatively spent eight more days aloft than Whitson at 6. The current world record holder, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, spent some 8.

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• NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson will return to Earth as the planet’s new record holder for longest time cumulatively spent on space by an American or a.

Russians have long dominated both cumulative and single- flight durations in space; the single longest spaceflight record holder is Valeri Polyakov, who spent just short of 4. As Tech. Crunch noted, Whitson was scheduled to return in June but “happily accepted” an invitation to stay on the ISS longer when Russian space agency Roscosmos canceled a joint mission to the station earlier in 2. Also accompanying Whitson and Yurchikhin on their way home is US astronaut Jack Fischer, who will have spent 1. Whitson wrote she will “hugely miss the freedom of floating and moving with the lightest of touch, especially those first few days after my return when gravity will especially SUCK,” the Post reported.

She will also miss “the enchantingly peaceful limb of our Earth,” adding, “Until the end of my days, my eyes will search the horizon to see that curve.” Watch Whitson, Yurchikhin and Fischer’s return in real time via NASA’s live feed below.[Tech.

Home Alone star John Heard dies aged 7. Actor John Heard, best known for his role as Peter Mc. Callister in the Home Alone films, has died at the age of 7. His death was confirmed by the Santa Clara Medical Examiner's office in California on Saturday (2. July). TMZ reported that Heard, who lived in southern California, was found at a Palo Alto, California, hotel where he was recovering from back surgery. The cause of death is not yet known.

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Born in Washington, Columbia in 1. Heard's acting career began in 1. TV and cinema until the present day. Heard starred in TV shows Prison Break, CSI: Miami and The Sopranos. But his most famous role came in Home Alone (1.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1. Pete Mc. Callister, father of Kevin Mc. Callister (Macaulay Culkin). The story of a family accidentally leaving their eight- year- old son Kevin at home as they jet off for a Christmas holiday was one of the biggest films of the 9. Heard's appearance in TV series The Sopranos as detective Vin Makazian in 1. Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actor in a drama series. At the time of his death heard is credited with six films which are currently in post- production and yet to be released.

One of four children, Heard married three times, including to actress Margot Kidder for just six days in 1. Heard is survived by behind sons John and Max, and daughter Annika. John Heard was best known for playing Kevin Mc. Callister's father in Home Alone. Watch Final: The Rapture Mediafire more.

Home Alone star John Heard dies aged 72 Heard was best known for his role as the father of Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin. On July 12th, a member from a popular boating message board posted a photo of some boats he didn’t recognize near Dana Point, a small city on the California coast.