Iowa native astronaut Peggy Whitson says her two main goals were met during the recent Axiom-4 mission to the International ...

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson has spent more time in space than any other U.S. astronaut in history. From growing up on a farm in Iowa's smallest town to living and working at the International ...

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson retired from the space agency on Friday, after a record-breaking 32-year career. The 58-year-old biochemist has logged more time in space than any other American and ...

In a space-to-ground interview with CBS News, retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, veteran of three NASA flights with a U.S.-record 665 days in orbit and 10 spacewalks to her credit, compared the ...

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

In a space-to-ground interview with CBS News, retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, veteran of three NASA flights with a U.S.-record 665 days in orbit and 10 spacewalks to her credit, compared the ...

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.

Astronaut Peggy Whitson floats Dec. 8, 2016, through a tangle of cables inside the Columbus module aboard the International Space Station.

A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit.

Peggy Whitson, welcome back to Earth. WHITSON: Well, it's - I would say it's great to be back, but it was great to be up there, too. So it was a great experience all around.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance.

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (left) waves while Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) and NASA astronaut Jack Fischer (right) give two thumbs up during a post-landing photo shoot on Sept. 2 ...