NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an energetic tinkerer and photographer, used his off-duty time on the International Space Station ...

One of Pettit’s photos, which you can see above, was a 15-second time exposure. He says his tracker completes a rotation ...

— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) December 3, 2024 An incredible view of boats anchored off the coast of Van Hung, Vietnam. Boat City: a floating city of boats seen at night from @ISS anchored off ...

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 ...

Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, departed the ISS on Saturday at 5:57 p.m. ET on board a Soyuz spacecraft before making a parachute-assisted landing at 9:20 ...

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 ...

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in space. ... "The ISS program is monitoring this closely, ...

On Wednesday, astronaut Don Pettit -- who is also a noted photographer and inventor of the zero-G coffee cup -- took a gorgeous time-lapse video of the ISS as it flew over an aurora. The video ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit to return from ISS on 70th birthday. Cosmonauts will join the veteran spacefarer's return after 220 days in space. By Doc Louallen. April 18, 2025, 2:07 PM. 1:00.