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 ...

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 ...

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

A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has successfully returned to Earth. According ...

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