A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

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

To help commemorate and engage in Earth Day 2025, one fun activity we can all partake in is a special NASA page where participants can download this year's inspiring Earth Day Poster and also view ...

Mars missions, critics argue we're ignoring the real crisis: Earth’s environmental collapse. Some fear that the dream of living on another planet is becoming an excuse to abandon this one. Could our ...

April 19 (UPI) --NASA astronaut Don Pettit will return to Earth from the International Space Station Saturday, alongside his two Russian cosmonaut colleagues. Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan ...

NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut, celebrated his 70th birthday with two cosmonaut crewmates overnight Saturday, undocking from the International Space Station and plunging back to Earth in a ...

The timing of their parachute-assisted return to Earth coincided with the US astronaut’s 70th birthday, NASA said on the social media platform X. Happy birthday, @astro_Pettit! Many happy ...

But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday. But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards ...

NASA's official Earth Day 2025 poster. | Credit: NASA To help commemorate and engage in Earth Day 2025, one fun activity we can all partake in is a special NASA page where participants can ...