NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Rings in the New Year with ... - PetaPixel
6 days ago · — Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) December 13, 2024 The LMC is about 200,000 light-years from Earth, and the ISS moves at 17,500 miles per hour, so Pettit’s fancy homemade tracking system has many ...
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Shares Stunning Aurora Captured …
2 days ago · Astronaut Don Pettit, who is part of Expedition 72, shared a video of the moment the ISS was flying above the "intensely green" aurora. Often referred to as the northern lights (aurora borealis) in the northern hemisphere or the southern lights (aurora australis) in the southern hemisphere, the aurora is a natural light phenomenon caused by the ...
ISS astronaut captures green auroras dancing over city lights …
3 days ago · NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted this view of the northern lights, as seen from the International Space Station, on X on Jan. 5, 2025. ... And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us ...
Astronaut set to patch NASA's X-ray telescope aboard space station
1 day ago · Hague and other astronauts, including Don Pettit, who is also currently on the space station, rehearsed the NICER patch procedures in the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory), a 6.2-million-gallon ...
Astronaut’s ‘glowing fingernail clipping’ is actually the moon
4 days ago · Don Pettit is on a roll. Just days after sharing a breathtaking shot of Earth, the American astronaut has followed up with an equally stunning shot of a waning crescent moon, or, as Pettit put it ...
Astronaut Don Pettit shows how to take long-exposure photos …
Dec 17, 2024 · In a Reddit thread spotted by Space.com, Pettit describes how he brought a homemade star tracker with him to space, allowing his camera to capture long-exposure photos without the stars...
NASA Astronaut Shares Breathtaking Photos From the ISS, …
Dec 11, 2024 · NASA astronaut Don Pettit has done it again: captured a breathtaking image from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that makes viewers on Earth feel a bit closer to space.
Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active astronaut, begins mission aboard …
Sep 12, 2024 · Aged 69, the chemical engineer has already spent more than a year in space. And he’s far from the oldest person to fly beyond the bounds of Earth. The Expedition 72 crew launches aboard a Soyuz...
NASA astronaut uses homemade star tracker to take incredible …
Dec 13, 2024 · NASA astronaut Don Pettit's latest photography from the International Space Station showcases not only his visual prowess, but also his engineering skills.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit makes fourth trip to the International …
Jun 5, 2024 · NASA astronaut Don Pettit, first ventured to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 6 in November 2003 and last returned from a trip to the orbiting outpost on July 1, 2012....
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