Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday on April 20 by plunging through the atmosphere in a Russian Soyuz capsule to wrap up a seven-month mission at the International Space Station. In his first ...

Don Pettit says microgravity makes him "feel 30 years old again." NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut has returned to Earth after spending more than seven months in space, telling reporters he ...

During a press conference Monday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, veteran astronaut Don Pettit reflected on his latest 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Fresh from space, NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing.Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday on ...