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NASA astronaut Don Pettit waves after arriving in Houston on April 20, 2025. Pettit returned to Earth on April 19 to wrap up a seven-month mission on the International Space Station.

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)

By Mike Wall published

NASA's oldest active astronaut, the 70-year-old Don Pettit, has returned home to Houston after a seven-month stint aboard the International Space Station.

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a space capsule descended through the dawn sky under a parachute, approaching a landing in the desert

NASA's oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.

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Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

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Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

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A stunning long-duration photograph of the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked above Earth’s atmospheric glow as seen 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station this evening (April 19), and you can watch it live.

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ISS Expedition Commander Alexey Ovchinin (left) hands the symbolic key to the orbiting lab to Japan's Takuya Onishi (right) in a change-of-command ceremony on April 18, 2025.

'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)

By Mike Wall published

Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).

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a woman in a blue shirt uses an electric shaver to trim the hair a japanese man with a white shirt while in microgravity aboard a space station

Haircut on high: Getting a trim in space | Space picture of the day for April 17, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

"What should I do with my sideburns?" asked the ISS commander of his barber and Expedition 73 crewmate.

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A stunning long-duration photograph of the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked above Earth’s atmospheric glow as seen 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts will return to Earth on April 19

By Robert Lea published

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station on Saturday night (April 19), if all goes to plan.

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted this footage of the northern lights, as seen from the International Space Station, on X on April 5, 2025.

See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured two amazing videos of the auroras from his unique perch above Earth last week.

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A man smiles with all his teeth wearing a blue collared shirt in front of a blue backdrop with an american flag drooped on the left, and nasa flag dropped on the right.

Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year

By Josh Dinner published

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, on a Russian Soyuz rocket with two cosmonaut colleagues, as early as November.

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yellow tulips reach skyward in the foreground of a photo of spectators watching the launch of a rocket from a desert steppe.

A flower's point of view of a rocket launch: Space photo of the day

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Bright yellow tulips make for a striking foreground for the launch of a new crew to the International Space Station.

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