Using an amateur radio setup, 10 children from area schools connected with astronaut Donald Pettit for an exclusive — but scripted — chat about life on the International Space Station.

In this photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 72 crew member to the International Space Station, ISS, attends a news conference on the eve of the ...

Astronaut Donald Pettit made a stop in Corvallis on Friday and wowed a standing-room only crowd at Oregon State University’s LaSells Stewart Center with his accounts of life in space.

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in space. Latest U.S.

Her colleagues Donald Pettit and Nick Hague then showcased some packaged food they would be eating for Thanksgiving dinner, which included Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, apples and spice, and ...

Donald Roy Pettit 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 ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrates his 70th birthday with a spectacular return from the International Space Station after 220 days in orbit. ABC News. Live. Video. Shows. Shop. Log In.

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 ...

Who is Dr Don Pettit? NASA's website explains that Dr Donald Pettit was selected to work for the association in 1996. The Oregon-born astronaut has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering ...

— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) January 19, 2025 He also got to see a test launch of SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever to fly. My B-role shot of Starship launch from space station.

NASA astronaut Donald Pettit visited RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science on Thursday, Jan. 9, while in town to give a lecture at the George Eastman House on his space photography.

Mr. Pettit is not even the oldest person to spend time at the International Space Station. A private astronaut, Larry Connor, was 72 years old when he spent two weeks there in 2022 as part of a ...