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'I feel like a little kid': NASA astronaut, 70, reflects on his 220-day mission
Veteran astronaut Don Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of research and captured over half a million photos during his ISS ...
NASA's oldest active astronaut on 220-day mission: 'I feel like a little kid'
Veteran astronaut Don Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of research and captured over half a million photos during his ISS ...
NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
Fresh from space, NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with ...
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'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)
"I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good," Pettit told reporters during a press conference from NASA's Johnson ...
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Veteran NASA astronaut says ISS can operate past 2030
A veteran NASA astronaut just back from the International Space Station believes the orbiting facility can operate well past ...
NASA’s First 100 Days Under Trump: Mars Missions, Moon Landings, and Space Diplomacy
In just 100 days under the Trump-Vance administration, NASA has rocketed ahead with an ambitious new space agenda. From the safe return of astronauts and new space station crew launches to ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit to return to Earth after more than 200 days in space
Astronaut Don Pettit, who has been at the International Space Station since September, is set to land Saturday in Kazakhstan ...
NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling toward Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up ...
NASA astronaut lands back on Earth on his 70th birthday
Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian ...
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Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)
Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his 70th birthday.