Summary
On his 70th birthday, America’s oldest serving astronaut, Dan Pettit, returned to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-26 capsule after a 220-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS), during which he orbited the Earth 3,520 times. Pettit, who has now spent a total of 590 days in space, completed his fourth mission alongside Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, who will return to Russia for further training. After readjusting to gravity, Pettit will head to Houston, while the Russian crew will proceed to their training base near Moscow.
