NASA’s oldest astronaut has returned to his home planet after spending the days leading up his 70th birthday off-world.

Auroras are natural light displays that occur when charged particles from the sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and ...

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, ...

The image is incredible. The passage of time on the body of a 70-year-old man after spending 220 days aboard the International Space Station(ISS) has been striking, to say the leas ...

NASA's oldest astronaut ended up in Scotland just a few hours after returning from 220 days in space. Don Pettit and his team ...

Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday. But NASA’s oldest ...

HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner ...

NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday with a special homecoming, ...

Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his 70th birthday.

Taking to Twitter to confirm the 70-year-old's safe return to Earth, NASA wrote: "Home sweet Houston. @NASA_Astronauts Don ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit flashes a smile as he holds a birthday cake aboard the International Space Station, celebrating his ...

Don Pettit, the oldest serving astronaut at NASA, splashed down to Earth on Sunday, April 20, after spending over 220 days on ...