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Donald Pettit
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American astronaut
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Donald Pettit is an American astronaut, chemist and engineer, born on 20 April 1955 in Silverton. He was educated at the University of Arizona and Oregon State University, and was selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 16. Employed by NASA, he served as a crew member of Expedition 6, Expedition 30, Soyuz TMA-1 and Soyuz TMA-03M, using the call sign GQ.
Pettit received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the NASA Space Flight Medal, and he is an Eagle Scout.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 16
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Silverton
- Occupation
- engineer
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Donald R. Pettit.jpg
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- Commons category
- Donald Pettit
- date of birth
- 1955-04-20
- time in space
- 849698
- member of the crew of
- STS-113
- social media followers
- 31017
- call sign
- GQ
- name in native language
- Donald Roy Pettit
- P450
- Soyuz MS-26
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