Space · astronaut
Donald Pettit
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
ACTIVE
Career
Time in space
590 d 1 h
Spacewalks
2
13 h 17 m outside
Flights
4
4 landings
Status
Active
Nationality
AmericanBorn
20 Apr 1955First flight
24 Nov 2002Most recent flight
11 Sept 2024Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
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.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 04 | Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-26 | 11 Sept 2024 |
| 03 | Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-03M | 21 Dec 2011 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-126 | 15 Nov 2008 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-113 | 24 Nov 2002 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026