A veteran NASA astronaut 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 third-ever stint at the ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit gestures as he is carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in a Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near the town of ...

But NASA’s oldest serving astronaut, Don Pettit, became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards Earth in a spacecraft, concluding a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Astronaut Don Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in Kazakhstan. NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month ...

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 ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is carried to a medical tent shortly after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner landed in their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan ...

But NASA’s oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth to wrap up a seven-month mission. It was the fourth spaceflight for US astronaut Don ...

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling ... science demos — including drinking from a zero-g cup that he designed on a previous visit to the station ...