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 ...

Pettit posted the image to Reddit, causing a stir when he commented: “My name is Donald Pettit, and I am an active NASA ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

NASA's oldest astronaut ended up in Scotland just a few hours after returning from 220 days in space. Don Pettit and his team completed a seven month research assignment at the International Space ...

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 ...

NASA astronaut Donald Pettit took a photo of stars from the International Space Station in 2003. It's no longer "possible" to take it now.

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 ...