New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Megan McArthur, the NASA astronaut who became the first woman to pilot a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, recently concluded a space a career spanning more than two decades. A trailblazer, the veteran of two spaceflights logged 213 days in space. Besides this, she was the last person to "touch" the Hubble Space Telescope with the space shuttle's robotic arm.

Launched as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission in April 2021, McArthur marked her second spaceflight with this mission. Another milestone that she achieved with this space exploration was her first long duration stay aboard the International Space Station.

"During the 200-day mission, she served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 65/66, conducting a wide array of...