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NASA’s Oldest Astronaut Reports That Something Strange Happened to His Body When He Went to Space
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said that during his most recent trip to the space station, he didn't feel his age at all.
NASA’s oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.
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NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
Fresh from space, NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing.Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday on ...
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NASA's oldest astronaut felt the decades melt away in space before returning on his 70th birthday
In weightlessness, on the other hand, Pettit felt the decades melt away. “It makes me feel like I’m 30 years old again," said Pettit, an astronaut since 1996 who ventured to space four times.