Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 350, the non-stop scientist. I'm Kenapell, and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight.

On this episode, I'm lucky enough to sit down with a veteran NASA astronaut who is about to launch to the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is set to fly on the Soyuz MS-26 mission to station where he'll stay for

six months alongside the crew of Expedition 72.

He will launch from the Biconor Cosmodrome alongside Rose Cosmos Cosmonauts Alexi

Ophchienin and Ivan Bagner. This will be Pettit's fourth flight assignment of his astronaut career.

Pettit was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in 1996.

He's a native of Silverton, Oregon, and he holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Oregon State University and a doctor in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona.

And prior to his career with NASA, Pettit worked as a staff scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

And now that's just a glimpse into the wealth of Don Pettit's spaceflight career, which didn't even touch on his notable in-space inventions,

amazing astrophotography, and fun but educational content.

And lucky enough for us here on Earth, he's heading back to Station.

Tune in to learn about the season astronaut all there is to look forward to during his six-month research mission on the

orbiting laboratory. P minus a second, second, then county.

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Isn't we have a podcast. Don, thank you so much for coming on Houston. We have a

podcast today. It is a pleasure to be here. We have put you through the

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