.NASA astronaut Don Pettit is readily available for restricted job interview options beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to review his upcoming objective to the International Space Station in September.The digital meetings will definitely stream reside on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, as well as the organization's site. Know just how to stream NASA+ by means of a variety of systems consisting of social media sites.Intrigued media have to submit a demand absolutely no beyond 12 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 15, to the newsroom at NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.Pettit is going to release on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner. The trio is going to spend about 6 months aboard the orbital lab prior to going back to Earth in the springtime of 2025.Throughout his time in track, Pettit will definitely carry out scientific investigations as well as modern technology demonstrations to assist prepare the staff for future space objectives and also provide advantages to people on Earth. Pettit is going to participate in many of the manies practices occurring throughout his mission, consisting of examining exactly how spaceflight affects blood clot, continuing exams of modern technology to generate human stalk tissues in space, and also contributing his unique photography skills to the long-running Crew Planet Monitorings research study of just how The planet is actually modifying in time.NASA chose Pettit as a rocketeer in 1996. An expert of three spaceflights, he has brought about indispensable advancements in innovation and also demos for individual space expedition. He functioned as a scientific research policeman for Trip 6 in 2003, functioned the automated upper arm for STS-126 space capsule Endeavour in 2008, and also served as a tour designer for Expedition 30/31 in 2012. Pettit has actually logged 370 days precede and performed 2 spacewalks totaling thirteen hrs as well as 17 moments.A native coming from Silverton, Oregon, Pettit holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Oregon Condition College, Corvallis, and also a doctorate degree in Chemical Design from the Educational Institution of Arizona, Tucson. Prior to his career along with NASA, Pettit worked as a staff scientist at the Los Alamos National Research Laboratory in New Mexico.For greater than two decades, humans have actually lived and also worked consistently aboard the International Space Station, evolving technology, as well as creating study advancements that are actually not possible in the world. The place is actually a critical testbed for NASA to understand and also get rid of the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight as well as to broaden business possibilities in low Earth orbit. As commercial companies pay attention to giving individual room transport solutions as well as destinations as part of a strong reduced The planet orbit economic climate, NASA has the ability to concentrate additional of its resources on deep-seated space purposes to the Moon and Mars.Get breaking off updates, photos and also attributes from the space station on the place blog, Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station research and also operations 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.