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

Astronaut Butch Wilmore, who rode to the space station in June 2024 with Suni Williams aboard the Boeing Starliner, is ...

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 ...

Veteran NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has retired after 25 years of service, after completing the troubled Boeing Starliner ...

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

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

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.

President Trump, flanked on the left by astronaut Kate Rubins and on the right by daughter Ivanka Trump, called the International Space Station to congratulate commander Peggy Whitson on becoming ...

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 ...

Although Whitson holds the U.S. record for total time in space, seven Russians have put in more time – including Yurchikhin, who is now No. 7 on the list with 673 days under his belt.