Iowa Native Peggy Whitson to Command Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to International Space Station

IOWA(KCAU) — After several delays, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station is set to launch at 1:31 a.m. Tomorrow morning, June 25, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Iowa native Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the commercial mission.

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Once docked, astronauts will spend about two weeks aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting a mission comprised of science, outreach, and commercial activities.

The private mission also carries the first astronauts from Poland and Hungary to stay aboard the International Space Station.

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