From breaking records to breaking barriers, astronaut Peggy Whitson shares what it feels like to see Earth from space.

An astronaut doesn’t scare easily. Yet when I learned that I would partner with Peggy Whitson, the first female chief of the NASA astronaut office, for my inaugural trip to space, I felt an ...

Sunita Williams returns after extended ISS stay as NASA’s longest-duration spaceflight records come into focus.

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the 58-year-old from Iowa farm country who spent a record-breaking 665 days in space, retired from the space agency on Friday. "I have hit my radiation limit ...

Iowan Peggy Whitson has raked in enough awards and accolades to buckle even the strongest mantel, but this year she’ll add arguably her biggest superlative: Hall of Famer. Whitson — who has ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Iowa-born astronaut Peggy Whitson is no stranger to breaking barriers. She holds the record as NASA astronaut with the most cumulative days in space and became the ...