.NASA astronaut Don Pettit is offered for minimal interview chances starting at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to discuss his upcoming purpose to the International Space Station in September.The digital interviews will definitely flow live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA application, and also the agency's web site. Discover just how to stream NASA+ through a range of systems consisting of social media sites.Fascinated media must send a request absolutely no behind 12 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, to the newsroom at NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston at 281-483-5111 or even jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.Pettit will definitely release on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner. The trio is going to spend roughly six months aboard the orbital laboratory before going back to Earth in the spring of 2025.Throughout his time in track, Pettit is going to carry out scientific examinations as well as technology demos to assist prep the staff for potential space objectives and deliver perks to folks on Earth. Pettit will take part in many of the dozens practices happening in the course of his mission, featuring researching just how spaceflight influences blood clot, carrying on examinations of innovation to generate human stem cells precede, as well as contributing his distinct photography abilities to the long-running Crew Earth Monitorings research of how Earth is changing as time go on.NASA chose Pettit as a rocketeer in 1996. A pro of three spaceflights, he has actually helped in integral advancements in modern technology as well as demos for individual area exploration. He functioned as a science policeman for Expedition 6 in 2003, ran the robotic arm for STS-126 space shuttle Effort in 2008, as well as served as a tour designer for Expedition 30/31 in 2012. Pettit has actually logged 370 days in space and carried out pair of spacewalks totting 13 hrs as well as 17 mins.A native from Silverton, Oregon, Pettit holds a bachelor's level in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State College, Corvallis, and also a doctorate degree in Chemical Design coming from the College of Arizona, Tucson. Prior to his job along with NASA, Pettit operated as a team expert at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.For greater than two decades, humans have resided and also functioned continuously aboard the International Spaceport station, progressing accurate knowledge, and also bring in investigation breakthroughs that are certainly not possible on Earth. The station is actually a critical testbed for NASA to know as well as conquer the challenges of long-duration spaceflight as well as to broaden business possibilities in low The planet orbit. As office business pay attention to supplying human area transport services and places as aspect of a sturdy reduced Planet orbit economic situation, NASA manages to concentrate even more of its own resources on deep space purposes to the Moon as well as Mars.Acquire breaking updates, images and components coming from the spaceport station on the station blogging site, Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more about International Space Station analysis 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.