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Could astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope again?
Astronauts repaired and upgraded NASA's Hubble Space Telescope over the course of five servicing missions from 1993 to 2009.
A novel concept for a multiplanetary crewed mission to Mars and Ceres
For NASA, sending a crewed mission to Mars has been the long-term goal for over two decades. China has joined the club in ...
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Three NASA, Russian Space Station Crew Return To Earth
HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner ...
Orbited Earth 3,520 Times – And Home for Cake: NASA Astronaut’s Epic Return
After over seven months in orbit, astronauts Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner have returned to Earth aboard the ...
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NASA's most senior astronaut returns to Earth with 2 cosmonauts
Don Pettit, NASA's ... crew's return to Earth marked the final chapter in an extended crew rotation that began with launch of SpaceX Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Japanese ...
Astronaut Pettit, 2 cosmonauts undock from the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner successfully departed the International ...
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NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 200-day space mission
During their mission, Pettit and his crewmates spent 220 days in space, orbiting the Earth 3,520 times and traveling a total ...
NASA's Don Pettit, 2 cosmonaut crewmates, wrap up seven-month space station visit
Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in ...
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NASA Confirms 70-Year-Old Astronaut Don Pettit Is Doing Well Despite Looking Frail After Landing
Astro_Pettit is doing well and in the range of what is expected for him following return to Earth,” NASA wrote on X. The space agency quoted the astronaut from a pre-departure interview he had ...