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NASA's 70-Year-Old Astronaut Says He Feels Decades Younger In Space
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.
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'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)
Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And ...
Meet the astronaut who celebrated his 70th birthday by thudding into the planet
Not many people celebrate their birthday by burning a fiery arc through the atmosphere, pulling 4.4gs in freefall back to ...
Former Nasa astronaut explains what it’s like in space: fun, fear, excitement
Scott Parazynski has been on five missions, and his favourite part is staring at the stars, moon and his home, planet Earth.
NASA's Oldest Astronaut Returns To Earth On His 70th Birthday
Pettit even got to celebrate his birthday twice. Due to the time zone difference, it was still April 20 when Pettit flew back ...
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In the 1980s, This Special Camera Helped Turn Astronauts Into Cinematographers to Shoot the First Imax Movie Ever Filmed in Space
“Going to a theater, with that large of a screen, really makes you feel like you’re part of it, and I think that’s what was ...
Retired Nasa astronaut Scott Parazynski on the dangers and joys of space travel
On a trip to Hong Kong, the American told the city’s students about his career in hopes of inspiring them to reach for the ...