.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit is actually readily available for minimal meeting possibilities starting at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to explain his upcoming mission to the International Space Station in September.The virtual meetings will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the company's website. Find out exactly how to stream NASA+ through a range of platforms featuring social networks.Appealed to media need to provide an ask for zero beyond 12 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, to the newsroom at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.Pettit will definitely introduce on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner. The trio will certainly devote roughly six months aboard the periodic laboratory before going back to Earth in the spring season of 2025.Throughout his attend orbit, Pettit will carry out scientific examinations and modern technology presentations to help prepare the crew for potential area goals as well as give advantages to individuals in the world. Pettit will definitely take part in many of the thousands of experiments occurring throughout his objective, consisting of studying how spaceflight impacts blood clot, continuing tests of innovation to produce individual stalk cells precede, as well as contributing his one-of-a-kind digital photography capabilities to the long-running Crew Planet Reviews study of exactly how The planet is actually modifying gradually.NASA selected Pettit as an astronaut in 1996. A professional of three spaceflights, he has helped in essential advancements in modern technology and also presentations for individual area expedition. He worked as a science policeman for Expedition 6 in 2003, operated the robot upper arm for STS-126 space capsule Effort in 2008, and served as a tour developer for Expedition 30/31 in 2012. Pettit has logged 370 days in space as well as administered 2 spacewalks completing thirteen hours as well as 17 minutes.A native from Silverton, Oregon, Pettit holds an undergraduate's level in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University, Corvallis, and also a doctoral level in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson. Before his career with NASA, Pettit operated as a team scientist at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.For more than 20 years, humans have resided and also operated continuously aboard the International Space Station, accelerating accurate knowledge, and also bring in research advancements that are actually certainly not achievable in the world. The station is an essential testbed for NASA to understand as well as get over the challenges of long-duration spaceflight as well as to grow industrial chances in low The planet track. As commercial firms focus on offering human area transport solutions and also destinations as aspect of a strong low Earth track economic condition, NASA is able to concentrate additional of its own information on deep-seated space objectives to the Moon as well as Mars.Obtain breaking updates, photos as well as components from the space station on the place blog site, Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More about International Space Station research and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.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.