.NASA astronaut Don Pettit is accessible for restricted job interview options starting at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to explain his upcoming mission to the International Spaceport Station in September.The virtual job interviews are going to stream live on NASA+, NASA Tv, the NASA application, and the agency's internet site. Discover exactly how to flow NASA+ by means of an assortment of systems including social media.Intrigued media must submit a request 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 is going to introduce on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner. The triad is going to devote about 6 months aboard the periodic lab prior to returning to Planet in the spring season of 2025.During his time in orbit, Pettit will definitely carry out medical examinations as well as technology demos to help prep the staff for future room objectives and also give advantages to people in the world. Pettit is going to take part in many of the manies practices occurring during his mission, consisting of researching just how spaceflight impacts blood clot, carrying on examinations of technology to generate human stem tissues in space, and also adding his distinct digital photography skill-sets to the long-running Team Planet Observations research study of exactly how Planet is transforming over time.NASA chose Pettit as a rocketeer in 1996. A professional of 3 spaceflights, he has added to integral improvements in modern technology and exhibitions for individual space expedition. He acted as a science officer for Expedition 6 in 2003, functioned the automated upper arm for STS-126 space capsule Endeavour in 2008, as well as worked as a tour engineer for Trip 30/31 in 2012. Pettit has actually logged 370 times in space and conducted 2 spacewalks totting thirteen hrs as well as 17 moments.An indigenous coming from Silverton, Oregon, Pettit stores an undergraduate's level in Chemical Design coming from Oregon Condition University, Corvallis, and also a doctorate level in Chemical Engineering coming from the College of Arizona, Tucson. Just before his profession with NASA, Pettit functioned as a team scientist at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.For much more than 20 years, human beings have actually resided and functioned consistently aboard the International Spaceport station, evolving accurate knowledge, and making analysis advances that are actually not feasible on Earth. The place is actually an important testbed for NASA to comprehend and also eliminate the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to broaden commercial chances in reduced Planet orbit. As business firms pay attention to giving individual space transport services and places as portion of a robust reduced Planet track economic condition, NASA is able to center additional of its own sources on deep-seated space missions to the Moon and also Mars.Acquire breaking updates, graphics and features coming from the spaceport station on the station blog site, Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More about International Space Station research study as well as functions 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.