Peggy Whitson, Iowa native and America’s most experienced astronaut who now works for Axiom, is the commander.

Axiom Space launched Peggy Whitson and an international crew to the ISS. This marks Whitson's fifth orbit flight and her ...

An Iowa native with ties to Our Town Mount Pleasant has blasted off with a group headed to the International Space Station.

NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on ...

Iowa astronaut Peggy Whitson is back in space, this time as the leader of the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space ...

Soon after launch, the Ax-4 crew Commander Peggy Whitson revealed the name of the new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as "Grace." ...

Joining Whitson are first-time fliers Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland, and Tibor Kapu ...

The developer of a commercial space station on Wednesday plans to launch its fourth private astronaut mission to the orbital ...

The beauty, the awe and wonder," added veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, who has logged more time in space than any American or any woman worldwide. "It's going to be awesome.