Donald Pettit

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Donald Roy Pettit is an American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station, one space shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2018, at age 63, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Silverton

Education

University of Arizona; Oregon State University; Silverton High School

Awards

NASA Space Flight Medal; NASA Exceptional Service Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Eagle Scout; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"

From Wikidata.

• Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-26Flight Engineer · Success · with Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan VagnerSeptember 11, 2024 · 16:23 UTC
• Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-03MFlight Engineer · Success · with André Kuipers, Oleg KononenkoDecember 21, 2011 · 13:16 UTC
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-126Mission Specialist · Success · with Christopher Ferguson, Eric Boe, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Robert S. Kimbrough, Sandra Magnus, Stephen BowenNovember 15, 2008 · 00:55 UTC
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-113Mission Specialist · Success · with Jim Wetherbee, John Herrington, Ken Bowersox, Michael López-Alegría, Nikolai Budarin, Paul LockhartNovember 24, 2002 · 00:49 UTC

• Expedition 6 EVA 26h 26m2003-04-08
• Expedition 6 EVA 16h 51m2003-01-15

• Expedition 72International Space Station · Flight Engineer2024-09-23 – 2025-04-19
• Expedition 71International Space Station · Flight Engineer2024-04-06 – 2024-09-23
• Expedition 31International Space Station · Flight Engineer2012-04-27 – 2012-07-01
• Expedition 30International Space Station · Flight Engineer2011-11-21 – 2012-04-27
• Expedition 6International Space Station · Flight Engineer2002-11-25 – 2003-05-03