Donald Pettit
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 microgravity coffee cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space. 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 2023, at age 68, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.
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Pettit in 2002 | |
| 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 | 369d 16h 41m |
| Selection | NASA Group 16 (1996) |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 13h 17m |
| Missions | STS-113 Expedition 6 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-126 Soyuz TMA-03M (Expedition 30/31) Soyuz MS-26 (Expedition 71/72) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical engineering |
| Thesis | Coherent Detection of Scattered Light by Submicrometer Aerosols (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Peterson |
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