.NASA astronaut Don Pettit is offered for limited interview possibilities starting at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to review his upcoming purpose to the International Space Station in September.The digital job interviews will flow survive NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA application, and also the organization's website. Learn how to flow NASA+ by means of an assortment of systems including social networks.Appealed to media should provide a request absolutely no later than 12 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, to the newsroom at NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.Pettit will introduce on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner. The triad will certainly spend about 6 months aboard the periodic lab just before coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025.During his attend orbit, Pettit will conduct medical investigations and technology demonstrations to aid prepare the crew for potential area missions and offer benefits to people on Earth. Pettit will certainly participate in many of the hundreds of experiments occurring throughout his goal, including studying just how spaceflight influences blood clot, carrying on exams of modern technology to generate individual stem cells in space, and adding his distinct digital photography capabilities to the long-running Workers The planet Observations study of exactly how Planet is actually transforming gradually.NASA chose Pettit as an astronaut in 1996. A pro of three spaceflights, he has added to integral innovations in modern technology and presentations for individual area exploration. He acted as a science officer for Exploration 6 in 2003, functioned the robot upper arm for STS-126 space shuttle Endeavour in 2008, and also worked as a trip designer for Expedition 30/31 in 2012. Pettit has actually logged 370 times precede as well as conducted two spacewalks totaling thirteen hours and 17 moments.A native from Silverton, Oregon, Pettit stores a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University, Corvallis, and also a doctorate level in Chemical Design coming from the University of Arizona, Tucson. Prior to his occupation with NASA, Pettit operated as a personnel researcher at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.For greater than 20 years, human beings have actually stayed as well as worked regularly aboard the International Spaceport station, accelerating accurate knowledge, and making research discoveries that are actually not possible in the world. The place is a critical testbed for NASA to know and eliminate the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight and also to increase industrial options in low Planet orbit. As business business pay attention to offering individual space transport solutions and locations as aspect of a robust low Earth track economic climate, NASA manages to focus even more of its resources on deep space goals to the Moon and Mars.Receive cutting headlines, pictures and attributes from the spaceport station on the place weblog, Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More about International Spaceport station analysis and operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.