AMANPOUR: And finally tonight, we imagine a life with the stars. The real stars. For astronaut Peggy Whitson it is just another day at the office. But today, she broke the American record for her very own space odyssey, 535 days up there. It's been a meteoric rise for the first woman to command the International Space Station. She told CNN how she got there from her birthplace in Bakersfield, Iowa; population less than 20.</s>PEGGY WHITSON, FIRST WOMAN TO COMMAND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: I don't know. I think it's kind of a miracle actually. I think the dedication and work ethic that I learned growing up on the farm, maybe a healthy dose of stubbornness kept me on a path that I got very lucky in the end. And I was selected to be an astronaut. So it's pretty amazing. Really quite unbelievable.</s>AMANPOUR: Spoken like a woman on a mission. And, today, she received a call from President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office with his daughter, Ivanka. He congratulated her on this stunning achievement of science, which is pretty ironic, really, considering that this weekend thousands of people in 500 cities across the world took to the streets to stand up for science and real facts, which they believe to be under threat from the Trump administration cast. It took place on earth day, and there were lots of signs pleading for the Trump administration to heed the science and the warnings and to stick with the landmark Paris Climate Accords. That's it for our program tonight. Remember, you can always listen to our podcasts, see us online @Amanpour.com and follow me on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for watching and goodbye from London.
A Life Amid the Stars.