Space station veteran Donald Pettit, NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut at 69, Soyuz MS-26/72S commander Aleksey Ovchinin and cosmonaut Ivan Vagner blasted off atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket at the ...

Pinpoint Stars In 2003, when the International Space Station was a mere three years old, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit took a gorgeous picture of the Earth's atmosphere, with countless stars frozen ...

NASA astronaut Donald Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in a Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with Russian astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — 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 NASA‘s ...

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.

NASA's website explains that Dr Donald Pettit was selected to work for the association in 1996. ... Pettit served as NASA Science Officer for Expedition 6 in 2003, ...

Oldest serving US astronaut returns from space on 70th birthday. A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying American Donald Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday.