Former Iowa farm girl’s 5th space mission launches tomorrow

Iowa-born astronaut Peggy Whitson and three crewmates are preparing for tomorrow morning’s launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket headed for the International Space Station. Calling herself a “science nerd,” the 65-year-old Whitson says the two-week Axiom Space mission will be packed with some 60 experiments to conduct aboard the orbiting station. “This mission will […]

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