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NASA Confirms 70-Year-Old Astronaut Don Pettit Is Doing Well Despite Looking Frail After Landing
NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space ...
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Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)
Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his 70th birthday.
Birthday in space, home for the celebration: Don Pettit’s remarkable 220 days on the journey of Expedition 72 aboard the ISS
NASA astronaut Don Pettit flashes a smile as he holds a birthday cake aboard the International Space Station, celebrating his ...
Who is astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla? The IAF officer set to pilot NASA’s Axiom Mission 4 to the ISS—all you need to know
IAF pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, is set to create history by piloting NASA and ISRO’s joint space mission to the ISS later this ...
Orbited Earth 3,520 Times – And Home for Cake: NASA Astronaut’s Epic Return
After over seven months in orbit, astronauts Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner have returned to Earth aboard the ...
A Chinese-born crypto tycoon—of all people—changed the way I think of space
SpaceX tested the Plug and Plaser device for the first time in space last year on the Polaris Dawn mission, which was most ...
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to study tardigrades, space farming, and other key experiments during Axiom-4 mission in May
Indian cosmonaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is preparing for a 14-day mission to the ISS aboard Axiom Mission-4. He will ...
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NASA's Oldest Astronaut Returns From Space. Is There An Age Limit For Astronauts?
Unsurprisingly, the media has focused on Pettit's age, as the astronaut turned 70 on the very day he returned to Earth. At ...
NASA's oldest astronaut lands in Scotland after returning to Earth
NASA's oldest astronaut landed at a Scots airport, hours after returning to Earth at the weekend.
NASA's oldest astronaut marks 70th birthday with epic return to Earth
A cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens envision their 70th birthday. But NASA's ...
Who is Don Pettit and how did NASA's oldest astronaut end up in Scotland?
NASA's oldest astronaut ended up in Scotland just a few hours after returning from 220 days in space. Don Pettit and his team ...
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Three NASA, Russian Space Station Crew Return To Earth
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 ...