Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit is set to return from his fourth trip to space on Saturday night. Here are some of his ...

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a ...

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station ...

Astronaut Don Pettit, who has been at the International Space Station since September, is set to land Saturday in Kazakhstan ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is expected to conduct at least seven experiments, including growing crops and studying ...

Pettit has been dazzling fans back on terra firma with his amazing photography during his seven-month mission, with standout ...

Unsurprisingly, the media has focused on Pettit's age, as the astronaut turned 70 on the very day he returned to Earth. At ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will embark on a journey to the space station in May. ISRO has collaborated with various ...

Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday as he returned to Earth from a seven-month stay at the ...

But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling toward Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up ...

Pettit, along with Russian astronauts Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, touched down near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

A cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens envision their 70th birthday. But NASA's ...