After extending her cumulative days in orbit to 695 — more than any other American in space exploration history — Iowa native Peggy Whitson on Friday joined her diverse trio of mission colleagues to discuss their recent privately-funded 20-day expedition covering 8.4 million miles over 320 orbits.
A private spaceflight, commanded by Iowan Peggy Whitson and featuring the first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary, came to a close Tuesday with a Pacific splashdown.
Iowa Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to space this morning as Axiom Mission 4 launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida around 1:31 a.m. Iowa Time Wednesday morning.
The discovery of a liquid oxygen leak from one of the boosters has delayed what would be Peggy Whitson’s fifth trip into space. A new launch date isn’t yet available.
For her decades of space flight and research with NASA and now Axiom space, Iowa native and prolific astronaut Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation announced Tuesday.
Iowa native and prolific astronaut — first with NASA for three decades and recently as director of human space flight for Axiom Space — Peggy Whitson again is celestial bound as commander of the 2025 Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station.
Iowa astronauts speak about the work that’s done during missions and the experience of seeing Earth from space.
The Iowa native spent 665 days in space, more than any other U.S. astronaut
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