American astronauts break the record of living in the universe back to Earth

In an interview before the departure from the international space station, astronaut Peggy Whitson said she was looking forward to eating pizza when she returned to Earth.

According to AFP, astronaut Peggy Whitson of the NASA Aerospace Agency (NASA) is returning to Earth, ending a mission of 288 days. She is keeping a record of living time in the universe in various missions of an American astronaut.

Whitson, 57, is also the oldest female astronaut in the history of human space exploration. She is the first female commander of the International Space Station (ISS) and holds the record for the longest walk in space.

Whitson is in the process of completing her mission starting in November 2016 at ISS. As expected, she will land in Kazakhstan today on the Soyuz MS-04 with two NASA astronauts Jack Fisher and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

In April, President Donald Trump called ISS to congratulate and pay homage to Peggy Whitson for her records and contributions to aerospace.(Photo: AP).

Upon returning to Earth, she will have a total of 665 days living in the universe, more than any American astronaut in history.

Before becoming an astronaut in 1997, a biochemical female doctor worked in scientific research at NASA for 7 years. According to what she updated on her Facebook page, in the latest mission on ISS, Whitson conducted experiments with human stem cells, blood samples and many varieties of cabbage.

"I don't know what the future will be, but I imagine I will continue to work on space exploration programs," she said of the upcoming plan.

Astronauts return to Earth as NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is struggling to resume normal operations after super typhoon Harvey.

NASA said it was "considering a plan to return to Whitson's Houston, Fisher and scientific experiments on the Soyuz spacecraft, under the effects of Hurricane Harvey".