Whitson, who has spent more time in space than any other American, was glad to coach three first-time astronauts flying ...

After extending her cumulative days in orbit to 695 — more than any other American in space exploration history — Iowa native ...

Iowa native astronaut Peggy Whitson says her two main goals were met during the recent Axiom-4 mission to the International ...

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson takes us behind the scenes with a fascinating demonstration of how to don a spacesuit. As she ...

Peggy Whitson, welcome back to Earth. WHITSON: Well, it's - I would say it's great to be back, but it was great to be up there, too. So it was a great experience all around.

It was the fourth private astronaut mission funded by Houston-based Axiom Space and the second commanded by veteran astronaut ...

Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, is pictured in February 2008 holding a beverage on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-122) while docked with the International Space Station.

Peggy Whitson made history as the first female commander of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2007, but behind the success was her grit of applying to become an astronaut for 10 years.

For Peggy Whitson, it's her fourth trip. She's done 10 spacewalks. She is known as space ninja. KELLY: In 2017, she broke the American record for the most cumulative days in space, a total of 665.

Whitson also holds the record for the longest space flight any woman has ever taken: 289 days. Astronaut Peggy Whitson floats inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory module on June 22, 2017.

Record-holding NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent more time in outer space than almost any other human on the planet, but even in retirement she’s desperate to go back. On Tuesday, the 61 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Peggy Whitson turned 55 on Feb. 9, the same day NASA announced she would be one of six astronauts propelled 240 miles into space next year. A journalist soon asked her if it ...