Albert Lea Medical Center will sponsor “The 16th Expedition of the International Space Station,” presented by Peggy Whitson, Ph.D., NASA astronaut, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Wedgewood Cove, Albert Lea.

Doors will open at 8 p.m. and the program will begin promptly at 8:15 p.m. This program is free and open to the public.

Whitson was the International Space Station commander for the six-month-long Expedition 16 in 2008 and a member of the Expedition 5 crew in 2002. She has accumulated 377 days in space between the two missions, the most for any U.S. astronaut and 20th among all space veterans. She has performed a total of six career spacewalks, adding up to 39 hours, 46 minutes, more than any other woman.

For more information contact Jennifer Levisen, with Community Relations and Marketing, at 377-6417.