Donald Pettit - Wikipedia
He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station (with a third stay currently underway), one Space Shuttle mission, and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2024, at age 69, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.
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.
Donald R. Pettit - NASA
Sep 30, 2024 · 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.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit makes fourth trip to the International Space ...
Jun 5, 2024 · NASA astronaut Don Pettit, first ventured to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 6 in November 2003 and last returned from a trip to the orbiting outpost on July 1,...
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...
Shooting the stars: An astronaut’s best photos - CNN
With three space missions under his belt — and more than a year aboard the International Space Station — NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has experienced something that very few humans have.
NASA’s oldest active astronaut is also one of the most curious …
Oct 28, 2024 · 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 tinkerer and gifted science communicator,...
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, begins mission aboard …
Sep 12, 2024 · When Don Pettit boarded the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 11, it was for him a homecoming. The 69-year-old chemical engineer already boasts a year-plus in space on three ISS...
A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space…
3 days ago · Pettit said he took the image from the port-side window of Crew Dragon Freedom, which brought two astronauts to the International Space Station last year and will bring Butch Wilmore and Suni ...