.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit is accessible for limited job interview chances beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to review his upcoming purpose to the International Space Station in September.The online interviews are going to stream survive on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and also the firm's web site. Learn how to stream NASA+ with an assortment of systems featuring social networking sites.Intrigued media need to submit an ask for zero 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 spacecraft, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. The trio will certainly invest roughly six months aboard the periodic research laboratory before coming back to The planet in the spring of 2025.During his time in orbit, Pettit is going to conduct scientific investigations and modern technology exhibitions to help prep the crew for potential space objectives and also offer perks to individuals in the world. Pettit will join several of the dozens experiments taking place in the course of his mission, including examining how spaceflight influences blood clotting, proceeding examinations of innovation to make human stem tissues in space, as well as providing his unique digital photography skills to the long-running Team The planet Reviews research of exactly how The planet is changing with time.NASA chose Pettit as a rocketeer in 1996. A pro of 3 spaceflights, he has resulted in indispensable improvements in innovation and also demos for human room exploration. He acted as a scientific research policeman for Expedition 6 in 2003, worked the robotic arm for STS-126 space capsule Effort in 2008, and also worked as a flight designer for Trip 30/31 in 2012. Pettit has actually logged 370 days precede and also conducted 2 spacewalks totting thirteen hrs and 17 moments.An indigenous coming from Silverton, Oregon, Pettit stores a bachelor's degree in Chemical Design from Oregon State University, Corvallis, and also a doctorate level in Chemical Engineering from the College of Arizona, Tucson. Prior to his career with NASA, Pettit operated as a workers researcher at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.For much more than twenty years, human beings have resided and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, accelerating scientific knowledge, and creating investigation advancements that are actually certainly not achievable on Earth. The place is actually an important testbed for NASA to recognize as well as get rid of the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to broaden industrial options in reduced Earth orbit. As commercial providers focus on providing human space transportation companies and also locations as component of a durable reduced The planet orbit economic situation, NASA has the ability to concentrate even more of its sources on deeper room objectives to the Moon and Mars.Receive cutting headlines, photos as well as attributes from the spaceport station on the place blog, Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More about International Spaceport station study and also functions 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.