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.
The four American astronauts aboard the ISS, including the Boeing Starliner crew, spoke to USA TODAY in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
Veteran NASA astronauts Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, at Kennedy Space Center.