PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Donald Pettit is gearing up to return to Earth after spending several months on the International Space Station. The 69-year-old Silverton, Oregon, native is known as ...

Students in Clifton, New Jersey, connected with astronaut Donald Pettit on the International Space Station via amateur radio. Students asked Pettit questions about life in space, including how he ...

MISSOULA - A military graveside service will be held for longtime Missoula resident Donald Pettit at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at the Ronan Cemetery. Don, a Korean War veteran, passed away Nov ...

Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet. In photos Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the ...

Here's everything you need to know about the space cadet. NASA's website explains that Dr Donald Pettit was selected to work for the association in 1996. The Oregon-born astronaut has a Bachelor ...

Landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan coincides with US astronaut Donald Pettit’s 70th birthday. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in a Soyuz MS ...

“Today at 0420 Moscow time (0120 GMT), the Soyuz MS-26 landing craft with Alexei Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald (Don) Pettit aboard landed near the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan,” a statement ...

A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying American Donald Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday. America's oldest serving astronaut has touched down on Earth ...

"Today at 0420 Moscow time (0120 GMT), the Soyuz MS-26 landing craft with Alexei Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald (Don) Pettit aboard landed near the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan," Russia's space ...

NASA astronaut and Oregon State University alumnus Donald Pettit, who spent almost six months aboard the International Space Station after the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, will be the keynote ...