The nearly 5.5-hour feat set a record for astronaut Sunita Williams, who became the woman with the most time spent on ...

Whitson, who was born in Mount Ayr and grew up in Beaconsfield, will be honored at an induction ceremony on May 31.

Iowa native Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this spring, recognizing her near-four decades of work at NASA and her continued career at Axiom Space. Six-time shuttle ...

Veteran NASA astronauts Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, at Kennedy Space Center.

Suni Williams and her fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June last year. The pair had intended to stay for just eight days after ...

U.S. spacewalks were put on hold after water leaked into the airlock from the cooling loop for an astronaut's suit. NASA said the problem has been fixed. This was the eighth spacewalk for Williams, ...

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With a rise in climate-related disasters — from hurricanes and storms to the recent wildfires in Los Angeles — one thing is clear: Safety is no longer limited to living in a crime-free ...

She’s tackling outdoor repair work alongside NASA’s Nick Hague. In this image, made from NASA TV, US astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday, ...

U.S. spacewalks were put on hold after water leaked into the airlock from the cooling loop for an astronaut's suit. NASA said the problem has been fixed. This was the eighth spacewalk for Williams ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space ...