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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Renowned NASA astronaut Don Pettit, known for his artistic space photography, took the picture of Mecca's Kaaba while on his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...