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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 cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Sunday local ...
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Designing a Moon Suit for the 21st Century
A strong advocate for human space ... look like to go wherever we might want to go,’ ” says Hansen. The new moon suits are designed to be entered from the back, rather than having the ...
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NASA's oldest astronaut returning to Earth after ISS mission
April 19 (UPI) --NASA astronaut Don Pettit will return to Earth from the International Space Station Saturday ... Science News // 8 hours ago Moon, 3 planets to converge in Friday morning sky ...
Watch Live: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Returns to Earth on His 70th Birthday After 220 Days in Space
A space homecoming is coming soon as NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts wrap up a 220-day orbital mission aboard the International Space Station. The trio will land in Kazakhstan on ...
Do the all-female Blue Origin rocket crew count as astronauts? And what Katy Perry sang in space
A popstar, a journalist, a civil rights activist, rocket scientist and filmmaker have gone into space. And the mission was ...