HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner departed the International Space Station (ISS) for a parachute-assisted landing ...

But NASA’s oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A ...

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in ...

Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner safely returned to Earth early Sunday, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the ...

NASA's oldest active astronaut is preparing to come home this week. Don Pettit (69) will depart from the International Space ...