iss072e096196 and iss072e098100 (Oct. 23, 2024) -- NASA Astronaut Don Pettit views thin wafers of ice under polarized filters on the International Space Station. Pettit conducts “science of opportunity” using station’s MELFI freezer to understand the behaviors of freezing water under microgravity conditions without gravitational buoyancy. This ice wafer was photographed between a polarized filter and a laptop display used to illuminate and cross-polarize the thin ice, giving a colorful image highlighting the fragmented crystals. This is a composite image of iss072e098100 and iss072e096196.
Expedition 31 flight engineer Don Pettit, with only his head visible above a shroud, is photographed in the Cupola Module. Window shutters are closed, and still cameras are positioned in front of each window
NASA astronaut Don Pettit poses for a portrait after donning his spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
(February 19, 2025) -- NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon. This series of overlapping frames displays the unique attraction-repulsion properties of Teflon and charged droplets, similar to how charged particles from the Sun behave when they come in contact with Earth’s magnetic field. Highly energetic particles from space that collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere create the aurora borealis.
ASTRONAUTS BARRY "BUTCH” WILMORE, VICTOR GLOVER, DON PETTIT AND STEPHANIE WILSON SOAR ABOVE TEST STAND 4693 IN #NASA T-38 JETS ON AUG. 9, 2016
ASTRONAUTS BARRY "BUTCH” WILMORE, VICTOR GLOVER, DON PETTIT AND STEPHANIE WILSON SOAR ABOVE TEST STAND 4693 IN #NASA T-38 JETS ON AUG. 9, 2016
Astronaut Don Pettit gives an overview of the 2017 Solar Eclipse during the viewing event at the Oregon State Fair Grounds, Salem, Oregon
S126-E-007535 (15 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, is pictured on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities.
S126-E-013885 (27 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, looks at the home planet from a window inside the Kibo laboratory on Thanksgiving Day. The brownish land in the foreground that Pettit is looking at is the southwest portion of the South Island of New Zealand and covers the coastal area between the cities of Timaru (north or left side of the image) and Dunedin on Sawyers Bay (south or right hand side of the photo). The white is cloud cover over the ocean. One more day remains for the Space Shuttle Endeavour to be docked with the station.
ALABAMA GOVERNOR ROBERT BENTLEY GREETS ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT
ISS031-E-112289 --- Astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, in a special "tent" fashioned to limit light in Cupola, is surround by a battery of stationary cameras.
ISS031-E-012199 (5 May 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, holds a liquid salt dispenser and chop sticks near the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-235473 (4 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronauts Dan Burbank (foreground), Expedition 30 commander; and Don Pettit, flight engineer, work in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS031-E-081812 (31 May 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, is pictured near several still cameras floating freely in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-049727 (22 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works among storage containers in the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) of the International Space Station.
iss072e005803 (Sept. 28, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit poses for a portrait inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port on the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-063871 (5 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-270524 (21 April 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, is pictured in a window of the Cupola of the International Space Station, backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space.
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This false color image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows dunes on the floor of Pettit Crater. Orbit Number: 4375 Latitude: 11.6651 Longitude: 185.891 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2002-12-09 18:22 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19211
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows some of the dunes located on the floor of Pettit Crater. Orbit Number: 10953 Latitude: 11.7976 Longitude: 185.884 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2004-06-03 06:37 http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19777
ALABAMA SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MAC MCCUTCHEON WITH ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT AND TODD MAY
iss072e920819 (April 4, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit inspects a spacesuit aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
iss072e920821 (April 4, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit inspects a spacesuit aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
ISS031-E-035391 (12 May 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, took this picture of a four-inch polished metal sphere in the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory on May 12, 2012 using a 28mm lens. A close look of the sphere reveals a mirrored Pettit.
ISS030-E-074051 (14 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, prepares for a NASA Education Payload Operations (EPO) activity in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pettit is working with a soft Earth ball and an eraser tied to dental floss to demonstrate the space station orbiting Earth.
ISS030-E-074053 (14 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, prepares for a NASA Education Payload Operations (EPO) activity in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pettit is working with a soft Earth ball and an eraser tied to dental floss to demonstrate the space station orbiting Earth.
T-38 JETS FLY-OVER TEST STAND 4693 AND ASTRONAUTS DON PETTIT AND VICTOR GLOVER VISIT WITH CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL.
Astronaut Don Pettit gives an overview of the 2017 Solar Eclipse viewing event at the Oregon State Farigrounds, Salem, Orgon.
ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT WITH ALABAMA LT. GOVERNOR KAY IVEY AND MSFC CENTER DIRECTOR TODD MAY
iss072e518423 (Jan. 23, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit's reflection is pictured on the helmet visor of a spacesuit in this photograph he took inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
ISS030-E-235481 (4 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit (foreground), Expedition 30 flight engineer, photographs European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, flight engineer, in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
S126-E-008193 (19 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, configures the Water Recovery System (WRS) rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station.
ISS031-E-005786 (27 April 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, uses a still camera at a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station to photograph the departure of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Expedition 30 crew members back to Earth.
S126-E-008694 (20 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, monitors data at the Canadarm2 workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.
S126-E-007818 (16 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Donald Pettit (foreground), STS-126 mission specialist, and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, work the controls of the station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station.
ISS031-E-030471 (12 May 2012) --- A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-247080 (7 April 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, is pictured with a Russian Orlan spacesuit between two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.
S126-E-008178 (18 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, installs the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station.
S126-E-008380 (19 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, configures the Water Recovery System (WRS) rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.
ISS031-E-030486 (12 May 2012) --- A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
ISS031-E-095943 (9 June 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, both Expedition 31 flight engineers, eat a snack in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-032768 (15 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-142862 (13 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, enters data in a computer while working with Robonaut 2 humanoid robot in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-063909 (6 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, holds a snack in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS006-E-09990 (20 December 2002) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, performs in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS030-E-235669 (12 April 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs ultrasound eye imaging in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.
S126-E-005061 (14 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, takes a moment for a photo on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during post launch activities.
ISS030-E-063915 (6 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, is pictured near a snack floating freely in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
S126-E-006678 (14 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, uses a computer on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during post launch activities.
JSC2002-E-43073 (21 Aug. 2002) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, mission specialist
S96-16632 (28 Aug 1996) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, 1996 ASCAN/mission specialist.
S126-E-012184 (27 Nov. 2008) --- The astronaut class of 1996 was able to have its own mini-reunion with three members of that group sharing home improvement and other duties aboard the International Space Station over the last two weeks. From left, astronauts Donald Pettit, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Michael Fincke pose for a photo on the middeck of Endeavour on the eve of the day the crews of the space shuttle and the orbital outpost's Expedition 18 went separate ways. Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, later stayed behind on the orbital outpost as Stefanyshyn-Piper and Pettit and the rest of the shuttle crew bade farewell with plans of being home on Nov. 30.
TODD MAY, MSFC CENTER DIRECTOR, WITH ALABAMA GOVERNOR ROBERT BENTLEY AND ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT DURING 2017 NASA DAY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
ISS031-E-41622 (20 May 2012) --- This is one of a series of photos taken by Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station, at the time located over the Western Pacific, showing a shadow of the moon created by the May 20 solar eclipse, as the shadow spreads across cloud cover on Earth. Pettit used a 28-mm lens on a digital still camera to record the image at 23:36:45 GMT. One of the space station’s solar array panels appears at the top of the frame.
ISS031-E-41595 (20 May 2012) --- This is one of a series of photos taken by Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station, at the time located over the Western Pacific, showing a shadow of the moon created by the May 20 solar eclipse, as the shadow spreads across cloud cover on Earth. Pettit used a 28-mm lens on a digital still camera to record the image at 23:35:36 GMT. One of the space station’s solar array panels appears at the top of the frame.
ISS031-E-41594 (20 May 2012) --- This is one of a series of photos taken by Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station, showing a shadow of the moon created by the May 20 solar eclipse, as the shadow spreads across cloud cover on Earth. Pettit used a 28-mm lens on a digital still camera to record the image at 23:35:17 GMT. One of the space station’s solar array panels appears at the top of the frame.
ISS006-307-012 (15 January 2003) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition 6 NASA ISS science officer, performs P1 (P-One) Truss nadir launch lock releases on the International Space Station (ISS) during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (out of frame), mission commander, joined Pettit on the spacewalk.
ISS030-E-128918 (9 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works with the Structure and Liftoff In Combustion Experiment (SLICE) at the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Pettit conducted three sets of flame tests, followed by a fan calibration. This test will lead to increased efficiency and reduced pollutant emission for practical combustion devices.
NASA ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT, RIGHT, A VETERAN OF THREE SPACEFLIGHTS, DISCUSSES CUBESAT TECHNOLOGY WITH UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN TUSCALOOSA STUDENTS, FROM LEFT, DAVID ENGLERT, MADISON KOONTZ AND CONNOR BURLESON.
ISS031-E-035441 (15 May 2012) --- A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, in the Progress 47 resupply vehicle docked to the International Space Station’s Pirs Docking Compartment.
ISS030-E-175788 (15 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, is pictured with two still cameras mounted together in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. One camera is an infrared modified still camera.
ISS030-E-078304 (16 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, reads a procedures checklist in the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB) of the International Space Station as the crew prepares for a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-132530 (6 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.
ISS031-E-035443 (15 May 2012) --- A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, in the Progress 47 resupply vehicle docked to the International Space Station’s Pirs Docking Compartment.
S126-E-005070 (15 Nov. 2008) --- On Endeavour's aft flight deck, astronaut Donald Pettit, STS-126 mission specialist, is one of seven astronauts onboard the space shuttle who are anticipating rendezvous and docking Nov. 16 with the International Space Station.
ISS031-E-084657 (15 May 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center), Expedition 31 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (left) and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both flight engineers, pose for a photo near a globe floating freely in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit takes a selfie with an attendee following a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Pettit, and fellow NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
iss072e742508 (March 2, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit stares at a ball of water shaped by microgravity and attached to research hardware by surface tension. Pettit was demonstrating simple space physics phenomena inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.
iss072e661836 (Feb. 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit poses for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Attached to Pettit's legs are a notebook and a variety of tools used for research and maintenance operations aboard the orbital outpost.
iss072e645862 (Feb. 21, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit is pictured inside the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station's Rassvet module. Pettit was participating in a regularly scheduled seat fit check.
iss072e742488 (March 2, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit injects yellow ink into a ball of water shaped by microgravity and attached to research hardware by surface tension. Pettit was demonstrating simple space physics phenomena inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.
ISS030-E-132541 (7 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs a VO2max experiment while using the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. VO2max uses the Portable Pulmonary Function System (PPFS), CEVIS, Pulmonary Function System (PFS) gas cylinders and mixing bag system, plus multiple other pieces of hardware to measure oxygen uptake and cardiac output.
ISS030-E-132542 (7 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs a VO2max experiment while using the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. VO2max uses the Portable Pulmonary Function System (PPFS), CEVIS, Pulmonary Function System (PFS) gas cylinders and mixing bag system, plus multiple other pieces of hardware to measure oxygen uptake and cardiac output.
iss072e002337 (Sept. 27, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit works on maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module.
ISS031-E-077526 (13 May 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (right), Expedition 31 commander; and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, flight engineer, enjoy a snack in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS006-E-08763 (13 December 2002) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, performs scheduled in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS006-E-08766 (13 December 2002) --- Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition 6 NASA ISS science officer, performs scheduled in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).
iss072e069743 (Oct. 19, 2024) --- The fingers of NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit are refracted in this sphere of water in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-074042 (12 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-074046 (12 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-074044 (12 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS030-E-049556 (17 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, holds a Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) glove in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.
iss072e189187 (Nov. 15, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit works on weekend housekeeping duties inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.
iss072e188983 (Nov. 15, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit takes a break and poses for a portrait aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.
ISS030-E-074045 (12 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
iss072e005823 (Sept. 29, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit works on maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module.
iss072e009412 (Oct. 1, 2024) --- Expedition 72 Flight Engineers (from left) Don Pettit and Mike Barratt, both NASA astronauts, pose for a portrait together aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.
jsc2025e041765 (April 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit participates in a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He discussed his mission aboard the International Space Station where he lived and worked for 220 days as an Expedition 72 Flight Engineer.
jsc2025e041770 (April 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit participates in a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He discussed his mission aboard the International Space Station where he lived and worked for 220 days as an Expedition 72 Flight Engineer.
Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, photographed this view of a surface tension demonstration using water that is held in place by a metal loop. The experiment took place in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Six crew was delivered to the station via the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavor STS-113 mission which was launched on November 23, 2002.
Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, photographed this view of a surface tension demonstration using water that is held in place by a metal loop. The experiment took place in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Six crew was delivered to the station via the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavor STS-113 mission which was launched on November 23, 2002.
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, speaks about his experience onboard the International Space Station at a NASA Social exploring science on the ISS at NASA Headquarters, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, speaks about his experience onboard the International Space Station at a NASA Social exploring science on the ISS at NASA Headquarters, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, speaks about his experience onboard the International Space Station at a NASA Social exploring science on the ISS at NASA Headquarters, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
iss072e278609 (Nov. 26, 2024) --- The Large Magellanic Cloud among a starry backdrop above Earth's atmospheric glow highlights this long duration photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. Credit: NASA/Don Pettit
iss072e311451 (Dec. 3, 2024) --- The Sun's glint beams off one of the many rivers that snake throughout South America's fertile, low grasslands region, also known as the Pampas. The International Space Station was orbiting 261 miles above the border of Paraguay and Argentina at the time of this photograph. Credit: NASA/Don Pettit
NASA astronaut Don Pettit signs a certificate and letter before a Silver Snoopy award presentation, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of the Expedition 72 crew to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Expedition 72 crew members: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner, are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft on September 11. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, left, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, right, wave from a bus as they and fellow crew mate, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner on a mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)