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- NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday https://phys.org/news/2025-04-nasa-oldest-astronaut-earth-70th.html 0 comments
- NASA's oldest active astronaut is also one of the most curious humans https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/nasa-astronaut-don-pettit-is-a-giant-nerd-and-were-all-luckier-for-it/ 7 comments
- NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday https://phys.org/news/2025-04-nasa-oldest-astronaut-earth-70th.html 6 comments space
- Don Pettit, NASA’s Oldest Active Astronaut, Is Going Back to Space https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/don-pettit-nasas-oldest-active-astronaut-is-going-back-to-space/ 35 comments space
- NASA - Who's Afraid of a Solar Flare? Solar activity can be surprisingly good for astronauts. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/07oct_afraid.htm?list84849 3 comments space
- More than half of NASA’s moon-bound astronauts are active-duty military https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/12/11/more-than-half-of-nasas-moon-bound-astronauts-are-active-duty-military/ 34 comments space
- NASA's Steve Stich says the agency has a plan in place to launch two astronauts on Crew-9, and bring back Butch and Suni in February 2025 on that vehicle. NASA has not decided to activate this option yet. https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/1821226399945912804 436 comments space
- NASA has activated its Deep Space Atomic Clock currently in orbit around the Earth. The next generation tool could be critical for helping future astronauts safely navigate to Mars and beyond. https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614242/nasa-has-switched-on-the-atomic-clock-that-could-help-get-people-to-mars/ 8 comments space