John Glenn to orbit. Glenn, then 77 years old, had previously been the first American to orbit the Earth. The senators, who called their bill the “Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act,” hope this piece of ...

Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday as he returned to Earth from a seven-month stay at the ...

The placement of Discovery has been a sensitive topic since the space shuttle was officially moved to the museum in 2012. It ...

NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space Station (ISS). Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday with a special homecoming, ...

A ceremony with astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, followed where Discovery was displayed nose-to-nose with Space Shuttle Enterprise. Among the attendees were Mike ...

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in ...

From Nasa missions to scaling Everest, Scott Parazynski shares his inspiring journey – and his advice for adventurers on how ...

NASA’s oldest active astronaut, Don Pettit, has returned safely to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the ISS, landing ...

He is the second-oldest American astronaut to visit space after John Glenn's famed 1998 mission ... launching aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in November 2002 and returning in May 2003 aboard ...