Donald Pettit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-04-20
Status Active
Type Government
Astronaut Biography
Donald Roy Pettit is an American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station, one space shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2018, at age 63, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.
