Don Pettit, Nasa's oldest active-duty astronaut, safely returned to Earth, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the ...

The Oldest and veteran astronaut reached home with two russian cosmonauts on April 20 after working for seven months after his landing.

NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap ...

NASA’s oldest astronaut has returned to his home planet after spending the days leading up his 70th birthday off-world.

The Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying the trio touched down southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, at 6:20am ...

Donald R. Pettit, fondly known as Don Pettit, was selected by NASA in 1966. The oldest serving NASA astronaut, Don Pettit ...

A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft successfully brought Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner, along with NASA astronaut ...

In a touching coincidence of timing, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday by returning to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Alongside ...

A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has ...

The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, with Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut on-board, successfully landed in Kazakhstan.

Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday. But Nasa's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards ...