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NASA Confirms 70-Year-Old Astronaut Don Pettit Is Doing Well Despite Looking Frail After Landing
NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space ...
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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.
NASA's oldest astronaut marks 70th birthday with epic return to Earth
A cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens envision their 70th birthday. But NASA's ...
Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Expedition 72 crew lands in Kazakhstan
A Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut has returned to Earth as the International ...
Birthday in space, home for the celebration: Don Pettit’s remarkable 220 days on the journey of Expedition 72 aboard the ISS
NASA astronaut Don Pettit flashes a smile as he holds a birthday cake aboard the International Space Station, celebrating his ...
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Capsule with 1 American, 2 Russians returns to Earth from International Space Station
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station MOSCOW -- A Soyuz ...