News about Peggy Whitson

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore (inset) are trapped indefinitely on the International Space Station due to their fault Boeing spaceship. Williams and Wilmore say they've been kept 'thoroughly busy' since arriving at the ISS after blasting off on June 4, and have resorted to a number of surprising measures to keep themselves entertained. Pictured: Suni and Barry taking part in Olympics-inspired workouts (left, and right). They've also been conducting science experiments (middle image).

Ali al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, the country's first astronauts in decades, successfully launched a multi-million dollar flight to the International Space Station on Sunday evening with two Saudis on board, as the nation's first astronauts in decades. The ticket-holding crew, led by a former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitmore, is now working for the company that arranged the trip. John Shoffner, an American businessman who owns a sports car racing franchise, was also aboard.

In what is expected to be a ground-breaking space mission next year, four chosen astronauts will fly to the moon next year. Four lucky crew members will fly around the Moon in NASA's deep space Orion capsule, collecting vital data on the lunar surface, in honor of the Artemis II mission. It comes ahead of NASA's next big leap in humans to Mars, which the organization hopes to achieve in the next decade. MailOnline says you need to hear about the forthcoming mission after the American space agency's announcement of its Artemis II astronauts just last night.

Today, three Americans and a Canadian will fly around our lunar satellite as part of the Artemis II mission, scheduled for 2024. Many have speculated about who may be aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft, with at least one female explorer named as one of them. Here's what you need to hear about today's announcement, including how to watch live and who the most likely candidates are.

Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency joined Jaime Amor (center), a certified yoga instructor who led the class from an Earth-based studio. For the majority of the poses, like the Jedi warrior (left), the crescent moon (right), and eagle has landed poses, Cristoforetti was able to remain grounded.

NASA is just hours away from launching the world's most robust rocket. Between 08:33 and 10:33 BST), a lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will take place. If all goes as expected, another flight will launch in 2024, this time with astronauts on board, before human boots graced the lunar surface a year later as part of the US space agency's ambitious $93 billion (£63 billion) Artemis program. On Artemis III, the first woman and the first person of color will walk on the moon, perhaps as early as 2025. MailOnline has everything you need to hear about the forthcoming Artemis I mission, as well as how to track the flight live.