Donald Pettit | |
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.jpg) Pettit in 2024 | |
| Born | Donald Roy Pettit April 20, 1955 Silverton, Oregon, U.S. |
| Education | Oregon State University (BS) University of Arizona (MS, PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 441 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes (currently in space) |
| Selection | NASA Group 16 (1996) |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 13 hours and 17 minutes |
| Missions | |
Mission insignia |         |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical engineering |
| Thesis | Coherent Detection of Scattered Light by Submicrometer Aerosols (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Peterson |
Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955) is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the Zero G Coffee Cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space.[1] He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station (with a third stay currently underway), one Space Shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2024, at age 69, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.
- ^ "#WhyIMake | Don Pettit". YouTube. InfoSys Foundation USA. February 6, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2024.