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Donald Roy Pettit (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/426.htm) został wyselekcjonowany w ramach NASA grupa 16 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/nasa16.htm) (1996) w wieku 41. lat.
Jest 426. człowiekiem w kosmosie.
Jego 3 loty kosmiczne trwały łącznie 369d 16m 42m 35s.
Wykonał 2 spacery kosmiczne, które trwały w sumie 13d 17m.
1984 w wieku 29 lat nie został przyjęty do NASA grupa 10 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/nasa10.htm) (znalazł się wśród 128 finalistów).
40 lat później zostanie najstarszym astronautą NASA na orbicie.
1987 znalazł się wśród 117 finalistów do NASA grupa 12 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/nasa12.htm).
1994 był jednym ze 122 finalistów do NASA grupa 15 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/nasa15.htm).
Przygotowuje się do 4. lotu w ramach misji Sojuz MS-26 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/sms26.htm).
Jego półroczny lot kosmiczny będzie oznaczać, że zostanie 4. Amerykaninem z nalotem powyżej 500. dni oraz najstarszym człowiekiem, który uda się w kosmos na pokładzie Sojuza.
Z Barratem (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5807.msg190800#msg190800) należy do dwóch najstarszych aktywnych astronautów NASA.
70. urodziny powinien spędzić już na Ziemi.
1983 uzyskał stopień doktora (inżynieria chemiczna) na Uniwersytecie w Arizonie.
1984-1996 był zatrudniony jako pracownik naukowy w Los Alamos National Laboratory w Nowym Meksyku.
Zajmował się dynamiką płynów i materiałów w warunkach nieważkości, fizyką wybuchów i badaniami spektroskopowymi.
Jednym z efektów jego pracy było stworzenie kubka, który pozwala pić kawę w stanie nieważkości.
24.11.2002 wystartował jako specjalista misji w składzie załogi STS-113 Endeavour (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/sts113.htm). Został na orbicie w składzie 6 Ekspedycji.
04. 2003 członkowie 6. Ekspedycji mieli pierwotnie powrócić na Ziemię na pokładzie misji STS-115 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/sts115.htm).
04.05.2003 dr Pettit wraz z pozostałymi członkami 6. Ekspedycji powrócił na Ziemię w trybie balistycznym na pokładzie Sojuza TMA-1 (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/loty/stma1.htm).
https://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_soyuztma1.html
27.03.2024 w komunikacie prasowym NASA 24-048 oficjalnie potwierdzono włączenie Donalda Pettita do załogi Ekspedycji 71/72.
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/donald-r-pettit/
http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/pettit_donald.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/p/pettit.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/p/pettit-d.php
https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00426.htm
https://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/pettit-donald-roy.html
https://www.astronaut.ru/index/in_pers/13_047.htm
https://www.april12.eu/usaastron/pettit426ru.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pettit
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Pettit
https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/ISS/PettitDR/PettitDR_8-17-15.htm
https://appel.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/50i-interview-pettit.pdf
https://www.quora.com/Don-Pettit-said-that-NASA-has-lost-the-technology-to-leave-Lower-Earth-Orbit-LEO-which-is-why-we-have-not-gone-back-to-the-Moon-If-this-is-the-case-how-are-we-able-to-send-out-satellites-probes-past-LEO-not-manned
Fueled By Death Cast Ep. 106 - DONALD PETTIT
https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/pages/fbdc-ep-106-donald-pettit
Alum Donald R. Pettit: NASA Astronaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jC2D5tFKZU
https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1781737200771580267
https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1781444664358473850
No astronaut can resist the urge to take a selfie during a space walk. I took this on my first @Space_Station EVA on January 15, 2003. At the time, EVA #photography was film-based, which gives a different quality to the now digital EVA imagery.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1678497490302128134
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A Master Class in Space Photography with NASA Astronaut Donald Pettit
BY MIA TRAM JULY 17, 2014 4:00 AM EDT
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Star trail compositeDonald Pettit—NASA
(...) MT: TIME actually just got to do a video-chat with Reid Wiseman, Steve Swanson and Alexander Gerst on the ISS last week. Have they come to you and asked for any advice on how to photograph from the Space Station?
DP: I’ve been corresponding with them via email to help them set up some photo situations. One of my ground jobs right now is to write a technical report on photography in space. My working title is Astronauts’ Guide to Photography in Space. It’s written for astronauts, so it basically assumes that if I’m talking about going into the PMA and doing something that you know what the PMA is. It’ll probably be 50 pages. It doesn’t say anything about how to use the cameras, it assumes that you know how to use our Nikon D3S’s and D4’s. It just tells you how you should be setting the camera up for different situations. (...)
https://time.com/3810759/donald-pettit-space-photography/
From Above - Astronaut Photography with Don Pettit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwt3kMivZk4
This is what your photo stream looks like when you’re a NASA astronaut
By Liesl Bradner Nov. 18, 2016 6 AM PT
(https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fd9d881/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1360+0+0/resize/1200x797!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9d%2Fc3%2F47704c4e2425ec017fb08cdf0f2e%2Fla-cnakano-1479264194-snap-photo)
Vista point: Cameras are set to fire in the cupola window. (Donald R. Pettit )
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-spaceborne-20161120-htmlstory.html
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission
The headshot image of Abbey A. Donaldson Abbey A. Donaldson
MAR 27, 2024
(...) During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 71/72 crew. After blasting off to space, Pettit will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare crew for future space missions. (...)
NASA selected Pettit as an astronaut in 1996. A veteran of three spaceflights, he made integral advancements in technology and demonstrations for human exploration. He served as a science officer for Expedition 6 in 2003, operated the robotic arm for STS-126 space shuttle Endeavour in 2008, and served as a flight engineer for Expedition 30/31 in 2012.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-don-pettit-to-conduct-science-during-fourth-mission/
https://x.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1773094929163575526
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1773391508944630165
Astronaut @Astro_Pettit has been assigned to his fourth flight to the @Space_Station, currently set for September 2024: https://go.nasa.gov/4ahsGfR
On previous flights, Pettit was celebrated for his space photography and invention of a zero g coffee cup.
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Ciekawe czy znowu spotka się na ISS z najbardziej doświadczoną amerykańską astronautką (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=2985.msg109317#msg109317) ?
Don Pettit, Fourth Most Experienced US Astronaut, Turns 60 Today
by Ben Evans April 20, 2015
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Don Pettit holds a still camera as he looks through the nadir window in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura of the Canary Island chain in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco are visible. Photo Credit: NASA
Astronaut Don Pettit, a veteran of more than a year in orbit, the fourth most experienced U.S. spacefarer of all time, and the oldest American ever to participate in a long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS), turns 60 today (Monday, 20 April). A chemical engineer by training and a former scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M., Pettit unsuccessfully applied three times to enter NASA’s astronaut corps, before finally being accepted as a Mission Specialist candidate in April 1996. Since then, he has flown two lengthy expeditions to the ISS—the first of which came about by serendipity, following the grounding of a member of the prime crew—and a 16-day shuttle mission, which has left him with almost 370 days of cumulative time in space and over 13 hours of spacewalking expertise in two EVAs. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2015/04/20/don-pettit-fourth-most-experienced-u-s-astronaut-turns-60-today/
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1781770154763772328
In the weightlessness on @Space_Station I placed a sphere of water with an air bubble on a speaker cone, then drove it with acoustical waves from the speaker.
This created a series of standing nodes and anti-nodes that responded to the frequency and amplitude. A zero gravity Lava Lamp!
Will post what happens when I drove this with some of my favorite rock and roll! From Expedition 31, 2012.
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1783697110849765561
Playing ZZ Top through my water sphere aboard the @Space_Station!
Cool! We can see standing nodes and anti-nodes in weightlessness that responded to the frequency and amplitude of the music. What other sounds should the water sphere dance to?
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1799845180960354793
Water sphere with internal air bubble driven into resonance by a speaker playing the Moody Blues "Precession" where the song starts with a pipe organ going from 20,000 hertz to 20 herts.
At certain frequencies, the water-air bubble is driven into delightful resonances creating internal droplets.
Canon G1 camcorder, Expedition 31 to @Space_Station, 2012
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1776645820374302780
Annular solar #eclipse from @Space_Station taken on May 20, 2012 when I was East of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. The deep umbra of the Moon's shadow makes a stark contrast to the surrounding white clouds.
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1784368115016470807
Nighttime photo of Iberia from @Space_Station, including all of Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, North Africa, and some of France, showing a rich history of human development.
At night it becomes obvious where civilization is by the way we sprinkle our light bulbs across Earth, and differences can be seen between multiple cultures and technologies. Historical European vs American grid city patterns. Newer LED vs older incandescent lighting.
Cities at night make great #astrophotography, with this being one of my favorite shots. Captured in 2012 with Nikon D3s, 24mm lens, .3 sec, f1.4, ISO 3200.
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1788722951908442341
My EMU space suit during Expedition 6 to @Space_Station in 2003. It is seen in storage between my first and second spacewalk.
Some changes between then and now: notice the printed paper procedures and Q-cards tacked on the walls. Now nearly all our documentation is electronic. The basics of going outside for a stroll are unchanged.
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Astronauta wyjaśnia dlaczego teraz nie było spektakularnych obserwacji zorzy polarnej z ISS (2) (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5413.msg189050#msg189050).
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1790028533919592541
This is why there are no spectacular photos from @Space_Station of the recent worldwide display of auroras.
For a few days about twice a year the orbit of ISS aligns with the day-night terminator, continuously straddling the border between light and dark. With no night, photography of auroras is difficult.
This photo, taken in 2012 during Expedition 31 illustrates the period of perpetual twilight.
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1790839497485087049
Aboard @Space_Station, I photographed this sprite, a rare upward electric discharge from a thunderstorm.
Look closely and you can see the red flash above the purple lightning spot, surrounded by stars from orbital night. Second image gives a closer view. Captured on Expedition 30.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GN9T6YlXcAAV1wX?format=jpg&name=large)
Good times training for my next mission at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab!
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1792244349712949606
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1794351531027780019
12 years ago today my crew and I grappled the first @SpaceX Dragon aboard @Space_Station.
150 years ago, American expansion into the Western frontier was overseen by governments and supplied by free enterprise with commercial contracts.
Today, the cycle repeats with commercial space pushing new innovations to supply humanity’s most critical outposts in the next frontier.
And soon to make their own outposts as well!
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Interesujących szczegółów dostarcza astronauta nt. naszywki Exp. 72.
Expedition 72 starts in September about a week after I dock at @Space_Station with my Soyuz crew.
When designing this mission patch, I wanted something simple and patterned after Expedition 1, which had a front profile view of space station's configuration at that time.
This patch is updated to current space station configuration complete with the IROSA solar panel upgrades.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1798170928192410005
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1802021221711708470
Reflecting on reflections: working in the @Space_Station Cupola setting up for a night pass of imagery while using a flashlight. I captured this moment as a self portrait.
Nikon D3s, 8mm fisheye, f2.8, 1/10th sec, ISO 1600, Expedition 30, 2012
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https://twitter.com/PettitFrontier/status/1802372247446864171
Happy Father’s Day to @astro_Pettit, inspiring the next generation of space explorers.
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1803565706585219550
Yo-yo in space! Microgravity makes inventing new tricks easy, and when you invent them, you get to name them!
I'll be bringing a new set of yo-yos on my next mission to @Space_Station this September.
5) Błysk od iridium ? Meteor ?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQyfvMzW4AAvYZm?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
I'm not sure what made this streak. It looks like a burning meteor but appears significantly above the atmosphere from this perspective.
It might be a solar reflection "flash" from an Iridium satellite. Any ideas?
Captured with Nikon D3s with IR blocking filter removed, 15 sec, 58mm f1.2, ISO 3200, Expedition 30, Jan. 18 at 14:34 UTC, 2012
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1804993841633566910
The streak in the image is likely due to a reflection from an Iridium satellite or another similar satellite, as their reflective surfaces can create bright streaks visible from space. Alternatively, it could be a high-altitude meteor captured by the sensitive camera settings. 🔭
https://x.com/StarChainDev/status/1805041446308749661
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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Training Resource Reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqGyyY6rfTU
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I am in remote Kazakhstan for my 2nd Soyuz launch.
This place is the Center of the World, a mix of Russian and Soviet, to Mongol and nomad cultures.
It is fittingly where humanity first left Earth, with Yuri Gagarin’s historic launch into the Space Age we now carry forward.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1833010967678013747
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Baikonur Cosmodrome is a surreal place.
Yesterday’s technologies rusting in the Kazakh steppe next to pristine Soviet monuments to tomorrow’s achievements.
Remarkable to realize that the Space Age began here, among camels and nomadic tribes.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1833220441957404971
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXINMwabEAEr-7f?format=jpg&name=medium)
Why be a car guy when you can be a rocket guy?
https://x.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1833542524839072115
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Orbital eye wash: NASA engineers have come up with a simple method for emergency eye wash in weightlessness. We practice on the ground so if needed we can quickly deploy and treat ourselves or one of our crew mates.
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1811285088631406670
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Historia picia kawy na orbicie ma już dłuższą historię.
Astronauta już raczej nie zdąży napić się kawy z załogantami Ax-4 (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=140.msg193225#msg193225).
The Space Station Coffee Machine; turns yesterday’s coffee into today’s coffee; starting the morning off with a fresh bag of coffee from our galley dispenser (1), the potable water comes from our distillation-filtration unit (2), via a mess of plumbing (3), with the “head waters” of this flow originating from our orbital toilet (4). In space we can take yesterday’s coffee and literally turn it into today’s coffee, the ultimate coffee machine.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1827590543502643705
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/science/space-station-coffee.html
https://www.space.com/6154-astronaut-invents-coffee-cup.html
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This was so fascinating. I had a teflon knitting needle on @ISS and charged it by rubbing with my Russian fur boots. Then I directed water droplets from a syringe towards the charged knitting needle and this is the resulting dynamics. The droplets, due to charge forces, go into a crazy orbit around the knitting needle. If planets were cylindrical this would be the orbit of its moons due to gravity. Canon G1 video camera, Expedition 30, 2012.
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1832020711235260503
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Water droplets orbiting a charged metal sphere on @iss. After posting droplets orbiting a knitting needle (cylinder) I was asked if I had done that with a sphere. Of course! Expedition 30, 2012
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1832631119532999068
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NASA astronaut @astro_Pettit is on his way to the @Space_Station for his fourth mission, and we are looking forward to nearly six months of his inventive astrophotography!
📸 NASA/Don Pettit
https://twitter.com/NASA_Astronauts/status/1833925393130397925
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Astronauta obecnie z dotychczasowym rekordzistą pod względem najwyższego wieku (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5807.msg190800#msg190800) w ramach Ekspedycji przebywa na ISS.
My ~70 year old father just flew to space for a 4th time.
Age is just a number. Health is the true measure of time’s passage, and he might as well be timeless.
Don’t let anything slow you down.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1834218417764602228
T-R (https://www.deepl.com/pl/translator?utm_term=&utm_campaign=PL%7CSearch%7CC%7CDSA%7CPolish&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&hsa_acc=1083354268&hsa_cam=20381244657&hsa_grp=152023796046&hsa_ad=673537252077&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=dsa-447953597935&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkIrbx-KRiAMVMIODBx3pJh7xEAAYAyAAEgJhifD_BwE)
Coincido con @Cmdr_Hadfield, @astro_Pettit es uno de las personas más inteligentes, simpáticas y que más anécdotas ha compartido con nosotros los novatos! También es un fotógrafo excelente y el astronauta en activo ama veterano de la NASA. Safe flight! 🚀
In a few hours, Don Pettit will launch for space - one of the smartest, nicest guys from Earth. Have a great 4th spaceflight, @astro_Pettit!
Watch @nasa https://youtube.com/live/c59N7aHLZx8?feature=shared
https://twitter.com/Astro_Pablo_A/status/1834053784122560893
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Every city should have decommissioned rockets on display like Baikonur.
Inspire the people. 🚀
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1834822627367485786
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So much space history in Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Literally thousands of tourists traveled to the middle of nowhere to witness the Soyuz MS-26 launch and raid the Roscosmos museum gift shops.
Way richer an experience than Venice.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1834889641901617495
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Zdjęcie pożaru nieopodal JSC
Pipeline fire in Deer Park, TX. ~10 miles north of Johnson Space Center, and even closer to my Earth home.
Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/320 sec, ISO 25600.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1836041507263877220
2) Możliwości techniczne pozyskiwania lepszych zdjęć z pokładu ISS zwiększyły się.
Matthew Dominick @dominickmatthew Don Pettit@astro_Pettit· 2:46 PM · Sep 21, 2024
The lens used below arrived on the ISS recently. @astro_Pettit and I have been having fun taking handheld shots of city lights at night with it. The f2 and high ISO (25600) have made it possible. It was also helpful for taking shots of both Starliner and Polaris Dawn re-entry.
From orbit, Dubai looks like it has glowing streets of gold. Palm Island (second photo) sparkles like a cosmic jewel. I have only been transient through the airport; I hope someday to pay it a proper visit.
Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/320 sec, ISO 25600.
https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1837473550476755292
3) Widok pożarów w Australii, odróżnialny od oświetlenia ulicznego.
Rozdzielczość wykonanych zdjęć pozwala dostrzec faliste linie ognia. (iss 22092024 5)
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11:22 PM · Sep 22, 2024
Wildfires from orbit.
What first looked like bright street lighting really turned out to be wildfires in Australia. Taken today (Sunday September 9th) at 16:00 UT, these fires are in the North East region, the largest near Talaroo and the smaller one near Clermont.
It’s amazing how bright the scalloped fire lines are from orbit. I hope these get under control soon.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1837965789254779292
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Astronauta ma nowy obiekt do obserwacji.
Kometa C2023-A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (https://www.space.com/comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-matthew-dominick-iss-photo)).
It is totally awesome to see a comet from orbit. The perspective of rising through the atmosphere on edge is truly unique from our vantage point. The comet tail is still too dim to see with your eyes, but it is heading towards the sun and growing brighter every day.
This comet is known as C2023-A3 or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. @dominickmatthew used math (go figure) and our orbital geometry to figure out where to point our cameras and was the first to get a good photo (https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1836916069870751825?s=46).
Using Matthew’s technique, I will photograph every day to see what develops in the tail structure. Currently, there appears to be a forward directed “tail” that I am not certain is real or an artifact from shooting through 4 window panes. Time will tell if this structure brightens. Stay tuned.
Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/8th sec, ISO 25600, processed with Photoshop.
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1837863486015131799
An amateur astronomer told @astro_Pettit that the comet would be about 20 degrees ahead of the sun from our perspective. We needed photos to be taken when we were on the dark side of the Earth because the comet is still very dim. We have software on the ISS that tells us when orbital sunrise will occur. So we did a simple estimate to figure out when and where to point the cameras. (20 deg / 360 deg)*90 min/orbit for the ISS = 5 min. This told us we should expect the comet to rise out of the horizon 5 minutes prior to orbital sunrise. With the naked eye the comet is still just a dot and pretty much indiscernible from stars . . . so about 7 minutes prior to sunrise we started scanning the horizon back and forth with a 200mm lens looking through he viewfinder for the comet. You can imagine how we felt when it appeared. Math works!
https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1837875491472126150
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Zdjęcia różnych rejonów Ziemi z interesującymi komentarzami astronauty.
El Paso and Juarez: This shows a distinction between two cultures for how city lighting is laid out and the border between them.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1838230703139369345
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYK0lDxWMAADQAw?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Istanbul is an ancient city; when I fly over, the song “Istanbul, (Not Constantinople)” gets stuck in my head.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1838230700035547563
New York and New Jersey: shown here as an oblique due to our orbit not going straight overhead. I like the perspective that obliques give. The straight nadir views are great for technical investigations but lack in an artful measure.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1838230696638242885
Galveston and Tiki Island illustrate where water is, therefore lighting is not.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1838230693261758857
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The way we sprinkle our light bulbs out says something about our cities. Some cities are laid out in north-south grids, as if an engineer designed them with a master plan, and others show a spider-web network of haphazard lighting. Perhaps what was a meandering cow trail/wagon road is now a well-lit superhighway.
Let’s look at a few examples:
First, old town Denver has meandering streets, where new Denver shows the typical north-south, east-west grids from a master-planned cityscape. Boulder is dimly seen to the northwest, a fine example of engineered street lighting to minimize light pollution.
Camera details for all photos: Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/320 sec, ISO 25600.
2) Dorzecze Amazonki nocą z widocznym blaskiem księżyca, odbijającym się od meandrujących rzek lasu deszczowego (37-39)
Moonshine from space. Somewhere over the Amazon basin, shooting photos of cities at night, I noticed the light from a near-full moon reflecting off of the meandering rainforest rivers. In the cool moon-ish light these rivers became flowing silver snakes. When the moonlight was filtered through thunderheads, it turned the rivers into glowing golden claws.
Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/320 sec, ISO 25600, processed in Photoshop.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1838586293871124583
@johnkrausphotos 4:32 PM · Sep 24, 2024
Wow… amazing
https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1838587390903845361
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A. Pettit @PettitFrontiers 2:57 AM · Sep 29, 2024
Back Stateside after a month abroad.
Key takeaways:
1) US anti-smoking programs are some of the best policies this country enacted
2) American spaceflight via NASA and SpaceX has many fans worldwide
3) All the ISS spotting platforms are broken. Should I build a better one?
A. Pettit @PettitFrontiers 4:50 PM · Sep 29, 2024
The anti-smoking point is out of context, but I believe one of America’s greatest public policy decisions was the complete 180 on smoking.
People should have the right, but because that right endangers oneself and others, it must be limited.
Most of the world has it very bad.
https://x.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1840403870779888001
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Kometa podążająca w kierunku Canadaarm2.
1:42 PM · Sep 26, 2024
Out of focus photo of the Canadarm being photobombed by Comet C/2023-A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). Do you see it?
Nikon Z9, 50mm f1.2, 1/8th second, ISO 6400.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1839269432226365530
2) Kometa w duecie z meteorem.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYvOVioWIAAu2dl?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Last edited 6:34 PM · Sep 30, 2024
Formation flight; comet C/2023-A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) and a meteor burning up in the atmosphere. This looks like they are traveling in formation but are unrelated and only by chance did this get caught by camera.
This was taken on UT day 267 (Monday Sept. 23), and since then the comet has gotten much brighter. I look forward to it in a few weeks where it should become spectacular, both from space and from Earth.
On @Space_Station, we go by GMT or UT time and dates, so it is easy to lose track of what day of the week it is. For us on station, UT dates just become a number. Only when I try to interact with earthlings do the seven-day week labels become important.
Nikon Z9, 85mm f1.4, 1/5th sec, ISO 12800, processed with Photoshop.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1840792362923983108
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6:37 PM · Oct 1, 2024
Wow, comet C/2023-A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is growing a long tail! Canadarm is shown for scale.
Nikon Z9, 50mm, f1.2, ½ second, ISO 12600, processed with FastStone.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1841155613016920571
4) Amsterdam
11:25 PM · Oct 1, 2024
City at Night: Amsterdam edition. Space travelers from all over the world (more than 100 astronauts from 38 countries) are there right now for the Association of Space Explorers Planetary Congress. Technical exchange is flowing freely as they continue to build and strengthen the international cooperation that makes it possible for humans to explore the stars.
Nikon Z9, 200mm, f2, 1/320th second, ISO 25600.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1841227982481834300
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Kair z piramidami bardzo oświetlony i Luksor (Teby) ze świątynią Karnak w ciemnościach.
Cities at night: Cairo with pyramids and Luxor (Thebes) with the Karnak Temple. Can you find them? While Luxor is well lit, the City of the Dead is respectfully dark. There is some ancient human feeling, a residual in our being, that draws one to the Nile River, on Earth and especially so from orbit. I once sailed down the Nile River in an open felucca from Aswan to Luxor and now fly above from space. What a strange juxtaposition of views.
Nikon Z9, Nikon 200mm f2 lens, 1/320th sec, ISO 25800, adjusted in Photoshop.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1841883776973983895
2) Połączenie Sycylii z „Butem” w fałszywych kolorach bliskiej podczerwieni.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZEP-RfWYAALPjN?format=jpg&name=large)
8:31 PM · Oct 4, 2024
The junction between Sicily and the “Boot” in near infrared false colors. Mount Etna is quiet today. Here the wavelength of light is restricted from 550nm (green) to 1200nm (near infrared), capturing light and detail that we cannot see with our eyes nor with normal photography. The color spectrum assigned here renders highly reflective infrared subjects as red and magenta. This yields lush vegetation as red-magenta and brings out details in the ocean currents that are difficult to otherwise see.
Nikon Z9 with IR blocking filter removed, sensitive from 550 to 1200 nm, Nikon 70-200mm zoom set 70mm, f8, 1/6400 sec, ISO 500, adjusted in Photoshop (noise reduction, red-blue color swap, contrast).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1842271289152848023
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Los Alamos, Valle Grande Caldera, region Jemez w Nowym Meksyku.
Odpowiednie jest uchwycenie tego obrazu w fałszywych kolorach bliskiej podczerwieni.
Roślinność i klify tufu wulkanicznego pojawiają się jako magenta.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZJrrTVXgAAyYyy?format=jpg&name=large)
9:50 PM · Oct 5, 2024
Los Alamos, Valle Grande Caldera, Jemez region of New Mexico. I spent my early career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where I grew up from a freshly minted graduate student into a professional staff researcher. My scientific colleagues helped warp me into the scientist I am today. It is appropriate to capture this image in false color near infrared. Vegetation and the volcanic tuff cliffs appear as magenta.
Nikon Z9 with IR blocking filter removed, sensitive from 550 to 1200 nm, Nikon 70-200mm zoom set 130mm, f8, 1/5000 sec, ISO 500, adjusted in Photoshop (noise reduction, red-blue color swap, contrast).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1842653593440305656
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12.10.2024 o 00:40 CEST Donald Roy Pettit (http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/426.htm) osiągnął 400 dni nalotu.
W tej kategorii jest już 36. uczestnikiem lotów kosmicznych, który tego dokonał oraz 4. w 2024.
Minimum 400 dni nalotu, wg kraju pochodzenia kosmonauty..., mają:
Rosja 28
USA 7
Japonia 1
Congratulations @astro_Pettit on reaching 400 total days in space!
You once told me they’re just vanity metrics, because every year that list will grow in size, age, & diversity, until it is functionally meaningless.
And THAT is the goal of human spaceflight! Keep pushing it.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1844893630978502895
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Big things coming on the ISS right now.
That desk-mounted solar filter is going to capture something no human eye has ever seen before in history.
@astro_Pettit is preparing a special lens he hand built on the ground for a world-first photo 12 years in the making.
No spoilers.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1846608757641646289
3) Galveston nocą.
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4:14 PM · Oct 6, 2024
Galveston at night. I have a lot of good memories from Galveston, and snapping photos brings me back to the beaches, even when on orbit and at night.
Nikon Z9, Nikon 200mm f2 lens, 1/320 second, ISO 25600, processed with Photoshop.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1842931517900956024
4) Kanał Panamski z odblaskiem słońca (1. zdjęcie) i bez (2. zdjęcie).
Kanał Panamski jest nieuchwytny. Zazwyczaj jest spowity chmurami.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZTk1kEXEAAAr0V?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZTk2byW8AALCBZ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
7:57 PM · Oct 7, 2024
Panama Canal with sun glint (1st photo) and without (2nd photo). The Panama Canal is elusive. It is typically shrouded in clouds. Being close to the equator, we only get a near-perpendicular view about once every 10-11 days. Due to the clouds, having a clear canal view only once per mission is the norm.
I got lucky with this pass and not only photographed the canal but also saw it in sun glint where direct rays from the sun reflect off any water in the frame. In sun glint, the Panama Canal looks like flowing mercury.
Nikon Z9, Sigma 70-500mm f6.3 lens set at 170mm, 1/20400 sec, ISO 500.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1843350004544745616
Turns out @astro_Pettit may celebrate his 70th birthday IN SPACE next April, as NASA’s oldest active astronaut.
Pretty sure that’s a first.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1847745764774334532
My journey to find the Soviet space shuttle that never was.
https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1849594182416977941
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Pustynie Mongolii uchwycone w bliskiej podczerwieni.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZYPLT7W8AEPzJe?format=jpg&name=large)
5:40 PM · Oct 8, 2024
Somewhere over Mongolia. The deserts of Mongolia are striking from orbit. I am awed every time there is an orbit path overhead. This photo is in near infrared where the normal color spectrum is shifted “down” into the infrared region so the colors we are used to seeing are applied to where we cannot perceive.
Nikon IR modified Z9, Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 lens, 1/6400 sec, f11, ISO 500, Photoshop adjusted (R-B color swap, saturation, contrast).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1843677791763484921
2) Sąsiadujące kraje: Argentyna, Paragwaj i Brazylia.
Nocne zdjęcie pokazuje wspólne granice trzech miast: Puerto Iguazú, Argentyna (dolny środek), Presidente Franco i Ciudad del Este, Paragwaj (po lewej) oraz Foz do Iguaçu i Parque Ouro Verde, Brazylia (po prawej).
4:20 PM · Oct 13, 2024
When three countries intersect: Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. This nighttime photo shows the shared boundaries of three cities, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina (lower center), Presidente Franco & Ciudad del Este, Paraguay (left), and Foz do Iguaçu & Parque Ouro Verde, Brazil (right).
The Paraná River runs north-south (photo center) with the Iguazu River flowing into it from the east (photo lower center). This is also the home of Iguazu Falls, one of the largest in the world that borders Argentina and Brazil; however, it is not lit at night.
Nikon Z9, Nikon 200mm f2 lens, 1/320 sec, f2, ISO 25600, adjusted in Photoshop (noise reduction, contrast).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1845469607542333576
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Przetworzone zdjęcia ujawniające niektóre szczegóły:
Odblask słońca na Morzu Śródziemnym (podczerwień i konwersja na czerń i biel).
Kiedy słońce odbija się od oceanu, pojawiają się szczegóły wody niewidoczne przy normalnym oświetleniu.
Małe centymetrowe różnice w wysokości oceanu stają się widoczne, odsłaniając ukryte prądy.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZ9JBr4XAAAyqpi?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZ9IrasW8AAkk7-?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
9:39 PM · Oct 15, 2024
Sun glint off the Mediterranean Sea (infrared and converted to black and white). When the sun reflects off the ocean, watery details unseen with normal lighting shows up. Small centimeter differences in ocean height become visible, revealing hidden currents.
Here, naturally swirling vortices are seen, about a kilometer in diameter, often lasting for days. Ship wakes cutting through the swirls show up as black lines and can last for hours (second photo shows the ship). Amazing how an orbital vantage can give new observations about our world impossible to see when feet are on the ground (or on a ship).
Nikon Z9 IR modified, Nikon 200mm lens, 1/10000 second, f11, ISO 500.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1846274791927386255
2) Widok przez okno Crew-8 Dragon na Crew-9 Dragon i Ziemię.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GaB4IPXXYAAcRzQ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 7:44 PM · Oct 16, 2024
Dragon-eye view of a Dragon. Looking out the window of Crew-8 dragon at Crew-9 dragon and Earth. Window shape adds an unexpected twist to artistic composition. An oval window seems so much more appealing than a circular window of the same effective size.
Nikon Z9, Nikon 8mm fisheye, 1/1000 second, f2.8, ISO 500, adjusted in Photoshop (black point and some spot removal).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1846608145621098581
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Dorzecze Amazonki i Brazylia nocą.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GaRbtt3W0AAv-Ax?format=jpg&name=large)
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 8:13 PM · Oct 19, 2024
The Amazon basin at night is a really dark place. Then Brasília comes into view; an amazing sight! The capital of Brazil surrounded by tropical jungle darkness. I was lucky to get this cloudless shot.
Nikon Z9, Nikon 200mm f2 lens, 1/320th second, f2, ISO 25600, adjusted with Photoshop (noise reduction, black point, contrast, color).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1847702596485546475
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Close-ups:
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1847702931002507321
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Astronauta 20.01.2025 o 00:40 CET osiągnie 500 dni nalotu.
Będzie 31. człowiekiem, który tego dokona oraz 2. w 2025.
Zostanie 6. Amerykaninem, który osiągnie co najmniej 500. dni nalotu.
Po raz pierwszy astronauci amerykańscy dokonają tego podczas wspólnej misji kosmicznej.
Po zakończeniu lotu znajdzie się na 13. pozycji pod względem nalotu, tuż za Sunitą Lyn 'Suni' Williams (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4241.msg195554#msg195554).
W przedziale nalotu 500-599 dni będzie 20 kosmonautów...
Rosja 14
USA 5
Japonia 1
2) Planeta podobna do Jowisza wykonana przez astronautę z wody i barwnika spożywczego.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GaVgxIIXUAAPOBB?format=jpg&name=large)
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 3:13 PM · Oct 20, 2024
Creating planets. I was goofing around with my Science of Opportunity efforts and created a Jupiter-like planet out of water and food coloring. With Halloween coming up, I am going to see about making a Jack-o’-lantern. Stay tuned.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1847989625807065337
3) Ślad za statkiem na Morzu Śródziemnym.
Statki pozostawiają ślady, takie jak oceaniczne smugi kondensacyjne, ale w przeciwieństwie do ich odpowiedników na niebie, utrzymują się one przez wiele godzin.
Można je zobaczyć w blasku słońca, gdzie światło słoneczne odbija się od wody w zlokalizowanym jasnym punkcie.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GacCTAWXUAABNyg?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 9:38 PM · Oct 21, 2024
Ship wake in Mediterranean Sea. Ships leave wakes, like oceanic contrails, but unlike the sky equivalent, these last for hours. They can be seen in sun glint, where sunlight reflects off the water in a localized bright spot. With a telephoto lens, ocean surface detail is seen, showing individual waves as well as ship wakes. First photo is cropped ship wake revealing wave interference patterns; second photo is overall view.
Nikon Z9, Nikon 200mm f2 lens, 1/4000 sec, f8, ISO 500, adjusted in Photoshop (B&W, contrast, brightness).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1848448748596101533
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Kathmandu, Nepal, w bliskiej podczerwieni (1. zdjęcie) i normalnym świetle widzialnym (2. zdjęcie).
Punkt wyjścia wypraw na Mount Everest.
Astronauta ma nadzieję na zdobycie tego szczytu?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gap0vocXEAAz9Lz?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
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Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 1:54 PM · Oct 24, 2024
Kathmandu, Nepal, in near infrared (1st photo) and normal visible (2nd photo). The starting point for expeditions to Mount Everest. I have never been there but hope to correct that after this mission.
Nikon Z9 IR modified, Nikon 200mm f2, 1/5000 sec, f 5.6, ISO 500, Photoshop (R-B color swap, levels, contrast).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1849419112687997277
2) Widok Dragon Crew-9 od środka
Okna mają zdejmowaną osłonę z tkaniny, która chroni przed jasnym światłem słonecznym.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gaq4ZmlXYAA5GGd?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 6:59 PM · Oct 24, 2024
Inside view of a Dragon belly. After Crew-9 docked, I took a few photos inside the capsule. The windows have a removable fabric covering to keep the bright sunlight out during day passes. I like how the sun shines through the stitching, personifying the composition. Does this look like an inside view of a Dragon?
Nikon Z9, Nikon 8mm fisheye, 1/4th second, f2.8, ISO 3200, adjusted in Photoshop (contrast, brightness, B&W).
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1849495958989467937
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Nauka i sztuka, czyli co może zdziałać astronauta przy wykorzystaniu lokalnych zasobów.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ga0WMIgaQAA8htw?format=jpg&name=large)
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 2:55 PM · Oct 26, 2024
Science and Art, or Art and Science; related subjects where it really doesn’t matter which comes first. So I have access to a freezer kept at -95 degrees centigrade (-140 F). What would you do with such a freezer in space?
I decided to grow thin wafers of water ice for no more reason than I’m in space and I can. Plus I wanted to see how the freezing front behaves in 0g (without gravitational buoyancy, how does the freezing front push the tiny bubbles around). Here is one frame from a whole series. I photographed the ice (second photo) between crossed polarizers where I used a white (blank) laptop display as the illuminator/polarizer in conjunction with an analyzer (polarizing filter) I strategically packed in my bag of personal effects.
Science, or should I say Nature, has a way of presenting surprising beauty if one is willing to look.
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1850159429057974425
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Za 2 dni astronauta zostanie 3. 70-latkiem na orbicie oraz pierwszym w tej kategorii odbywającym długotrwały lot. kosmiczny.
Astronaut Don Pettit will return to Earth on his 70th birthday
Ivan Hrinko
https://universemagazine.com/en/astronaut-don-pettit-will-return-to-earth-on-his-70th-birthday/
NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASA_Johnson 5:40 PM · Apr 17, 2025
220 days in space, 3,520 orbits of the Earth, 93.3 million miles traveled.
@astro_Pettit is departing the @Space_Station Saturday, April 19, landing in Kazakhstan at 9:20 p.m. EDT at the time of his 70th birthday! For more details and how to watch live: http://go.nasa.gov/3Eg3z2l
https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1912893829419516138
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 11:34 AM · Apr 19, 2025
Mother Earth, I am coming home
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https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1913526690883440999
ISS Research @ISS_Research 4:47 PM · Apr 17, 2025
Jack of all trades, master of science! 🧪 @Astro_Pettit turns the camera on science, capturing weather phenomena, electrostatic forces, and other fundamental physics concepts aboard @Space_Station. Explore his science of opportunity: http://go.nasa.gov/4lzxrYb
https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1912880596214534508
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Dla astronauty powrót z orbity okazał się trudny (https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5841.msg198373;topicseen#msg198373).
Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield
Welcome back to Earth’s gravity Don @astro_Pettit!
What a brutal way to celebrate your 70th birthday after 220 days off-planet.
https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/1913919132929490984
NASA has released one image of @astro_Pettit following the landing today. Its not very inspiring. I suspect he passed out shortly after being extracted from the ship. They quickly surrounded him and then quietly took him off to the medical tent. Yes he is now much better.
https://x.com/ShuttleAlmanac/status/1913930322611237222
Roger Hernandez @RogerH70301
Is he well? I watched and all they showed was removing him from the capsule then only showed the other two guys.
NASA @NASA 5:23 AM · Apr 20, 2025
According to NASA officials at the landing site, @Astro_Pettit is doing well and in the range of what is expected for him following return to Earth.
What's expected for him? In his own words during an April 16 pre-departure interview, "This is a physiological thing. It affects different people different ways. Some people can go out and eat pizza and dance. When I land, it takes me about 24 hours to feel like I'm a human being again." https://youtu.be/THjTe17Y12g
https://x.com/NASA/status/1913795673046089776
A. Pettit @PettitFrontier
Can confirm. 🤙
https://x.com/PettitFrontier/status/1913831073286418459
20 avril
Joyeux anniversaire (70) à @astro_Pettit 🎂🎂🎂
(Actuellement en train de rentrer de l'ISS, il doit atterrir aujourd'hui - 4ème vol : Expedition 6 / STS-126 / Expedition 30-31 et Expedition 71-72 soit environ 590 jours et 2 EVA)
https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1913715229164511719
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Tim Peake @astro_timpeake 3:04 PM · Apr 21, 2025
Welcome home to a total legend, @astro_Pettit and what a way to celebrate turning 70!
Don has a PHD in Chemical Engineering, is a brilliant science communicator and a person of great humour and thoughtfulness. With a cumulative 590 days in space he has shared many brilliant images and videos during his time on the ISS. Don, enjoy your time back home with the family.
https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake/status/1914304156224913551
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Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts 9:00 PM · Apr 20, 2025
#ASEspotlight: Donald Pettit 💫
Before returning to Earth yesterday, ASE member @astro_Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday on the @Space_Station
with his crewmates.
Fun fact: He has now spent 590 days in space, more than any other American man!
Happy 70th birthday, Don! 🎉
https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1914031541782524363
iss072e921211 (April 4, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit prepares to deploy a "capture cube" as an Astrobee robotic free-flyer outfitted with tentacle-like grippers prepares to grapple the object inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/54457194538/in/album-72177720312887519
iss072e921202 (April 4, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit watches as an Astrobee robotic free-flyer outfitted with tentacle-like grippers grapples a "capture cube" inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/54457194548/in/album-72177720312887519/
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Ciąg dalszy misji ;)
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 12:01 AM · Jun 15, 2025
Spacewalking! The movie 2001 is one of my favorites, I had to try this as a 2025 tribute.
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/1934008413740204419
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Te niefilmowe ziemniaki to efekt prywatnej aktywności astronauty na ISS.
https://spacebotany.uk/blog/spudnik-1-don-pettit-reveals-his-iss-potato-experiment/
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 1:51 AM · Apr 16, 2026
Potted potato: Space Spud is growing with his bottom half in an old drink bag. More to come on the adventure of Spudnik!
https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/2044564420781596998
Don Pettit @astro_Pettit 12:49 AM · Apr 21, 2026
Wrong way roots! In the weightlessness of orbit, roots generally head towards moisture but sometimes they get confused and grow "upwards". Here are photos of my early purple potatoes, now potted in their hydroponic bag, turning into real Space Spuds.
https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit/status/2046360679679156579