NASA Astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth on his 70th birthday, making him the oldest active astronaut to complete a space mission — after orbiting Earth 3,520 times in 220 days. This incredible moment has captured the attention of viewers across the United States and around the world, showcasing one of the most inspiring achievements in human space exploration. Don Pettit’s return marks not only a personal milestone but also a historic event in NASA’s long legacy of scientific discovery and a
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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth on his 70th birthday, making him the oldest active astronaut to complete a space mission — after orbiting Earth 3,520 times in 220 days. This incredible moment has captured the attention of viewers across the United States and around the world, showcasing one of the most inspiring achievements in human space exploration. Don Pettit’s return marks not only a personal milestone but also a historic event in NASA’s long legacy of scientific discovery and a
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NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut Don Pettit, wrapped up a 220-day mission to the International Space Station and returned to Earth late Saturday night. Sunday is Pettit's 70th birthday. | CBS Evening News
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NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut Don Pettit, wrapped up a 220-day mission to the International Space Station and returned to Earth late Saturday night. Sunday is Pettit's 70th birthday. | CBS Evening News
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Touchdown! Astronaut Don Pettit is back on Earth on his 70th birthday with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner after orbiting Earth for 220 days and conducting space research. More... https://go.nasa.gov/3GgNxG6 | International Space Station
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Touchdown! Astronaut Don Pettit is back on Earth on his 70th birthday with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner after orbiting Earth for 220 days and conducting space research. More... https://go.nasa.gov/3GgNxG6 | International Space Station
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NASA's oldest astronaut, Don Pettit, just clocked 70 years old and landed in Kazakhstan from orbit on his birthday, April 20, 2025. He spent 220 days aboard the International Space Station before returning to Earth. Pettit splashed down with his crewmates cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner in a Soyuz capsule, completing 3,520 orbits and traveling 93.3 million miles. During his last mission, Pettit conducted experiments including 3D metal printing and fire studies in microgravity. The cre
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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Returns to Houston | Johnson Space Center FriendsofNASA.org: NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth on Saturday, April 19, 2025, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. After the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan, Pettit boarded a NASA Gulfstream V that took him back to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. His flight landed in Houston on April 20, his 70th birthday. As he stepped off the plane, he was greeted by a ch
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Happy Birthday, Don Pettit & Welcome Home Soyuz MS-26 Crew! FriendsofNASA.org | "Happy birthday, NASA astronaut Don Pettit! Many happy returns (including this one) 🥳" The MS-26 Soyuz crewed spacecraft touched down in Kazakhstan at 9:20pm ET—or, in local time, 6:20am April 20, 2025, on Pettit's 70th birthday. At 9:20 p.m. EDT (6:20 a.m. Kazakhstan time, Sunday, April 20), the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft made a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazga
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He came. He saw. He took great pictures. Now, it’s time for him to come home. Watch live as NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonauts depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft and return to Earth on Saturday, April 19. See the full schedule: https://go.nasa.gov/4irgjRR | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASA Astronauts Don Pettit is making his fourth journey to the International Space Station as a veteran of three previous spaceflights with a log of more than 370 days in space and 13 space walk hours. He will spend 6 months living and working in the orbiting laboratory. Pettit with his cosmonaut crewmembers, Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, launched on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 12:23 p.m. ET. Pettit and his cosmonaut crewm
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