It’s now unclear exactly when Iowa native astronaut Peggy Whitson will blast off on her record-setting fifth space mission. This morning’s scheduled launch was called off. SpaceX announced on Tuesday night that there’s liquid oxygen propellant leak...
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley will chair a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday to study the privacy and potential national security issues surrounding the bankruptcy of “23andMe.” Many thousands of Iowans are among the 15-million customers of the...
This morning’s scheduled launch of an Axiom Space mission — commanded by an Iowa native — is being pushed back to tomorrow. The launch was originally planned for liftoff this past Sunday morning, but stormy weather persists over Kennedy Space Center...
Some 500 executives and managers from a wide range of Iowa companies will be in Council Bluffs for this week’s annual conference of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry. ABI President Nicole Crain calls this the flagship event which will convene...
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...
