Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut, celebrated his 70th birthday with two cosmonaut crewmates overnight Saturday, undocking from the International Space Station and plunging back to Earth ...

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A veteran NASA astronaut from Oregon who flew to orbit more than seven months ago with two Russians is preparing to return to Earth. Don Pettit, who arrived Sept. 11, 2024, for his fourth-ever time in ...

In a remarkable coincidence, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will mark his 70th birthday with a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, capping off his fourth mission to space, the agency said ...

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit has captivated the internet with a striking photograph taken from space, showing the Saudi Arabian ...

April 20 (UPI) --Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday as he returned to Earth from a seven-month stay at the International Space Station, during which he completed ...

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Media are invited to a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 28, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston where astronaut Don Pettit will share ...

An innovative astronaut missed the smell of his morning coffee so much while on board the International Space Station that he invented a creative solution. NASA astronaut Don Pettit created the ...

Astronaut Don Pettit is opening up about his return to Earth. Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, recently returned from a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station, touching down ...

Update: Don Pettit and crew made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 9:20 p.m. Saturday, April 19 (6:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, Kazakhstan time), southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, NASA said. A ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth this evening (April 19), and you can watch their homecoming live. You can watch the action live here at Space.com, courtesy ...

The trio are scheduled to depart the ISS at 5:57 p.m. ET and touch down in Kazakhstan about 3.5 hours later. NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth this evening ...