Following an OSU Engineer Through Space

OSU chemical engineering alumnus Donald Pettit (1978) spent six months living and working aboard the International Space Station as the science officer and flight engineer. His planned 4-month stay was extended by two months due to the Columbia Shuttle accident, but Don and crew returned safely to Earth on May 4 aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The College has been tracking Don's space experiences via various media stories listed chronologically below. We look forward to a campus visit by one of our brightest stars in the near future.

Spend and Afternoon With Space Shuttle Astronaut Donald Pettit

View video clips from Don Pettit's April 14th video conference with the Department of Chemical Engineering!

 

Headlines:

KATU.com: 10/17/03, Oregon astronaut has advice for new Space Station crew

KATU.com: 05/09/03, Bill would honor Oregon astronaut Don Pettit

Globe News: 05/05/03, Spacemen lucky with off-target landing

StatesmanJournal.com 05/04/03, Friends relieved by return of Pettit

StatesmanJournal.com, May 05/03/03 Pettit a problem solver from get-go

Reuters, 04/29/03 Space Station Crew Ready for Ride Home on Soyuz

ABCNews.com, 04/08/03 Space Station Crew Makes Final Space Walk

NASA.gov, 03/24/03 Pettit's Space Station Astrophotography

StatesmanJournal.com, Audio/Video Interview with astronaut Don Pettit

StatesmanJournal.com, 03/19/03 Astronaut Donald Pettit says he's trying to photograph his hometown of Silverton from orbit.

StatesmanJournal.com, 02/14/03 Pettit, Silverton native and OSU grad, had links to crew of shuttle The space station astronaut played chess with one of them.

StatesmanJournal.com, 02/14/03 Space station crew welcomes longer stay

KOIN.com, 02/13/03 Oregon Astronaut Prepared To Spend Year In Space

GTconnect.com, 02/13/03 Pettit Inspires OSU Engineering Students to Become Astronauts

OregonLive.com, 02/11/03 Men on space station say they've wept for their Columbia friends, "but it's time to move forward"

StatesmanJournal.com, 02/03/03 Pettit’s return from space station may be delayed

KOIN.com, 02/04/03 Oregon Astronaut Stranded At Space Station

Reuters, 01/15/03 Space Station Astronauts Make 7-Hour Spacewalk

CNN.com, 01/07/03 Astronaut profits from sick peers again

The Seattle Times, 01/02/03 Oregon astronaut is putting new spin on laws of gravity

StatesmanJournal.com, 01/01/03 Space crew finds ways to celebrate holidays

SilvertonAppeal.com 01/01/03 It's Didgeridoo Christmas day for space station crew

KATU.com, 11/25/02 OSU graduate Donald Pettit aboard space station

The Oregonian, 11/18/02 Ready to soar into last frontier

OSU College of Engineering, 11/12/02 OSU Engineering alum to spend four months in space.

Statesman Journal, 10/29/02 Silverton native joins space mission

NASA: Expedition 6 crew

Donald Pettit's OSU Engineering OregonStater Award Citation