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NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling toward Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up ...
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 ...
Oldest serving US astronaut parachutes back to Earth on his 70th birthday
Don Pettit is not the oldest Nasa astronaut to ever go into space, but he is the oldest currently serving. At four years past ...
70-year-old NASA astronaut returns to Earth after 220 days in space
Spare a thought then for astronaut Don Pettit, who has the honour of saying he spent his 70th birthday in space. He is the ...
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Nasa’s oldest astronaut Don Pettit turns 70 while falling to Earth at 17,500 mph: Watch
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is carried to a medical ... emerged from the capsule with a thumbs-up, though looking understandably dazed.
NASA's oldest astronaut lands in Scotland after returning to Earth
After a seven month research assignment at the International Space Station, a Soyuz capsule carrying astronaut Don Pettit and ...
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NASA’s oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
The astronauts gave thumbs-up gestures as rescuers carried them from the spacecraft to an inflatable medical tent. Despite looking a little worse for wear as he was pulled from the vessel, ...