PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Donald Pettit is gearing up to return to Earth after spending several months on the International Space Station. The 69-year-old Silverton, Oregon, native is known as ...

Landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan coincides with US astronaut Donald Pettit’s 70th birthday. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in a Soyuz MS ...

Students in Clifton, New Jersey, connected with astronaut Donald Pettit on the International Space Station via amateur radio. Students asked Pettit questions about life in space, including how he ...

A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying American Donald Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday. America's oldest serving astronaut has touched down on Earth ...

Cosmonauts will join the veteran spacefarer's return after 220 days in space. In a remarkable coincidence, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will mark his 70th birthday with a fiery reentry through Earth ...

Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 ...

Astronaut Don Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in Kazakhstan. NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month ...

Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). During his time in orbit some 250 miles above Earth ...

Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet. In photos Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the ...