Letters to Earth: Astronaut Don Pettit

May 2012
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Homemade Ice Sheets May 30, 2012 04:04:59 PM | Don Pettit
 
Last weekend I asked if I could use one of the research freezers onboard Space Station during my off-duty time. I made thin sheets of water about a millimeter thick (sort of like a soap film, but without the soap), and froze them.
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Solar Eclipse from Space May 21, 2012 07:08:29 PM | Don Pettit
 
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit captured images of the astronomical event.
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The Beast May 21, 2012 05:01:44 PM | Don Pettit
 
Weightlifting in weightlessness is now my favorite oxymoron. (It has surpassed my previous favorite: reality TV.)
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What Makes a Mission Name? May 17, 2012 09:26:13 PM | Don Pettit
 
What space station crews call our "mission" is a bit more complicated than what you might think.
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My Address in Space May 15, 2012 12:16:50 PM | Don Pettit
 
If my family and friends were to write me a letter, what address would they use? When I type my name on one of my stories, what address should I give?
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Embrace Me May 11, 2012 12:28:59 PM | Don Pettit
 
A poem written after my Soyuz TMA-1 landing in 2003.
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Toe Koozies May 04, 2012 03:51:24 PM | Don Pettit
 
Astronaut Don Pettit writes about how he uses socks in the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station in his latest blog.
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