Hunt said that, in 1979, while still in high school, he joined the Marine Corps on a delayed-entry program for recruits who ...

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, addressed his eventful return to Earth. Shortly after the spacecraft touched down, Pettit got sick. 'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has 30 years of being an astronaut under his belt, and in a recent interview, he revealed a unique effect of space. News. All News AI Business, ...

HOUSTON (KIAH) - NASA astronaut Don Pettit is back on Earth after completing a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 during the mission, traveled more than ...

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Media are invited to a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 28, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston where astronaut Don ...

Media are invited to a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 28, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston where astronaut Don Pettit will share details of his recent mission aboard the ...

Update: Don Pettit and crew made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 9:20 p.m. Saturday, April 19 (6:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, Kazakhstan time), southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, NASA ...

The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Ivan Vagner, Alexey Ovchinin and Nasa astronaut Don Pettit on board descends by parachute on Sunday. Photo: Nasa/Planet Pix via ZumaPress Wire/dpa.

NASA’s oldest active astronaut, Don Pettit, has returned safely to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing in Kazakhstan on his 70th birthday. With this fourth spaceflight ...

For NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit, his 70th birthday was not about spending quietly with family and friends, cutting a cake, blowing out candles or any other traditional feat.

Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday with a special homecoming, although his post-touchdown appearance raised concerns that the astronaut wasn’t doing so well after landing in Kazakhstan.