Donald Pettit - Wikipedia
Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955) is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the Zero G Cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space. [1]
Donald R. Pettit - NASA
Sep 30, 2024 · Pettit did scientific research, repair of ISS systems, and captured the first commercial cargo spacecraft, the SpaceX Dragon D1 using the robotic arm. They landed in Kazakhstan after 193 days in space.
NASA Astronaut Donald R. Pettit
Aug 21, 2002 · Donald R. Pettit was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1996 and served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 30 and 31, where he lived in space for more than a year.
Dr. Donald R. Pettit - NESC Academy Biography - NASA
Jul 26, 2023 · Pettit completed his first spaceflight as NASA International Space Station Science Officer aboard the station, logging more than 161 days in space, including over 13 EVA hours. During their 5-1/2 months aboard the ISS, the crew worked with numerous U.S. and Russian science experiments.
Biography - Don Pettit Oral History Interview - March 26, 2014 ...
Donald Roy Pettit was born in 1955 in Silverton, Oregon. An Eagle Scout, Pettit graduated from Silverton Union High School in 1973 before moving on to Oregon State University, where he studied chemical engineering.
Donald R. Pettit Oral History - NASA
Aug 17, 2015 · This interview is being conducted with Dr. Donald Pettit in Houston, Texas, at the NASA Johnson Space Center for the International Space Station [ISS] Program Oral History Project. Interviewer is Sandra Johnson.
Don Pettit, NASA’s Oldest Active Astronaut, Is Going Back to Space
May 15, 2024 · When chemical engineer Don Pettit, age 69, blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS) this summer, he will become the second-oldest NASA astronaut in space, after the legendary John...
NASA’s oldest active astronaut is also one of the most curious …
Oct 28, 2024 · Well, Donald Roy Pettit is not like most of us. At the age of 69, Pettit is NASA's oldest active astronaut and began his third long-duration stay on the space station last month. A lifelong...
Donald R. Pettit, Ph.D. - astrophotographer/astronaut
Donald R. Pettit, Ph.D. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas U.S.A. Contact information website http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html. Biography I am an American astronaut and a veteran of a six month stay aboard the International Space Station. I am married with two children.
Pettit completed his first spaceflight as NASA Science Officer aboard the International Space Station with Mission Commander Ken Bowersox, and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, logging more than 161 days in space.