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NASA Astronaut Discovers Youthful Benefits of Space at Age 70

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CIO Bulletin
2025-04-30

NASA astronaut Don Pettit at age 70 observed he felt younger than his years while in space due to the distinct anti-aging properties of microgravity on human bodies.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit aged more than thirty years younger than his terrestrial age after spending seven months aboard the International Space Station during his mission. Pettit reported feeling good as a thirty-year-old when he and his team returned to Earth on April 20 because weightlessness eliminated his usual body pain.

The experienced space explorer known for his photography along with microgravity experiments stated that space provided him youthful vitality yet every space mission ends with the struggle of adapting to gravity on Earth. Although the process of re-entry after spending 220 days in space presented him with challenges Pettit maintains strong interest for new spaceflight opportunities.

His spaceflight experience revealed how space conditions influence the aging process of human bodies because it followed significant senior astronaut expeditions including John Glenn (77) and recent Blue Origin flights involving passengers in their 90s. The research at NASA persists to study how space phenomena change with growing commercial opportunities.