--- title: Donald Trump to Call International Space Station Astronauts description: One of the astronauts, Peggy Whitson, is set to break the record for most cumulative days in space for an American astronaut the same day canonical: https://time.com/4747185/donald-trump-call-space-station-astronauts/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-19T20:37:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:30:25.255Z article:section: Science og:title: President Trump to Call International Space Station Astronauts og:description: Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to break a space record the same day og:url: https://time.com/4747185/donald-trump-call-space-station-astronauts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d42c7d868235e4e/6988c3a3ab6d77addb6adb74/gettyimages-617940772.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2782 og:image:height: 1565 og:image:alt: trup-nasa-conference-call og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump to Call International Space Station Astronauts twitter:description: Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to break a space record the same day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d42c7d868235e4e/6988c3a3ab6d77addb6adb74/gettyimages-617940772.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Donald Trump to Call International Space Station Astronauts > Sponsored content. 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Bill Ingalls—Getty/NASA by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Apr 19, 2017 8:37 PM UTC President Donald Trump will host a video conference call with two [NASA](http://time.com/4743766/nasa-first-360-degree-rocket-launch-watch-online/) astronauts, who are orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. [Trump](http://time.com/4745273/donald-trump-canada-dairy-trade-industry/) is expected to thank NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer for their service, and congratulate Whitson, who is set to break the record for most cumulative days in space for an American astronaut that day, the [White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/19/president-donald-j-trump-host-videoconference-call-record-breaking-nasa) said. The conference call will be live streamed on April 24 at 10 a.m. EDT by the White House and NASA. 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