Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peggy Whitson has spent hundreds of days in the past two-plus decades living among the stars during her illustrious career with ...

Astronaut Peggy Whitson, an Iowa native, has spent hundreds of days living among the stars during her career with NASA and Axiom Space. So, what's two more weeks? Whitson, a veteran astronaut and ...

Iowa native and former astronaut Peggy Whitson will come out of retirement and return to weightlessness next month as the first female commander of a private space mission. Whitson, who grew up on a ...

Peggy Whitson will return to space in May.Whitson retired as a NASA astronaut in 2018. She’ll be commander of the privately-funded Axiom Mission 2, which is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space ...

Iowa-born astronaut Peggy Whitson is featured in a national interview with Norah O’Donnell on the CBS program “Person to Person.” The Beaconsfield native reflected on her recent space flight, the ...

What does it take to become an astronaut? Dr. Peggy Whitson, NASA’s former chief astronaut, will tell you it is a journey. Dr. Whitson should know, as she is a trailblazer whose journey to the heights ...

Veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, who has logged more time in space than any American or any woman worldwide, joined "CBS Mornings" to discuss a new mission for Axiom. Whitson, who completed 10 ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with astronaut Peggy Whitson about her most recent trip to space, commanding a private company mission. If you've ever traveled somewhere that left you so enthralled, you ...

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor its 2025 class of inductees, record-setting space travelers Peggy Whitson and Bernard Harris, at a public ceremony in Florida this spring. There is a ...

Iowa astronaut Peggy Whitson is gearing up for her fourth trip to space and inspiring the next generation of girls in STEM. ALL MONTH LONG WE’RE CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN DURING WOMEN’S ...

STARTING AT 9 A.M. NEW AT NOON A VETERAN ASTRONAUT FROM IOWA HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME. PEGGY WHITSON IS FROM BEACONSFIELD. SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE 26TH CLASS OF ...

America’s most experienced astronaut, Iowa native Peggy Whitson, is scheduled to launch Tuesday on her fifth mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Tuesday's launch will mark her second ...