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 ...

A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit. At the ...

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 ...

MERRITT ISLAND, Florida -- Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson is heading back into space on Sunday. NASA officials say the weather looks favorable for the afternoon launch of the Space-X Dragon from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has awarded the 2024 Michael Collins Trophy to NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team. When you purchase ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

America's most experienced astronaut says her fully commercial visit to the International Space Station this week is a critical stepping stone on the road to space tourism, private-sector orbital ...