Donald Pettit

Donald Roy Pettit is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the microgravity coffee cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space. He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station, one Space Shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2024, at age 69, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut.

20 April 1955

Born on the same birth date (20 April 1955): Svante Pääbo

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Dinah Craik • Dwight Gustafson • Kai Siegbahn • Louka Katseli • Massimo D'Alema • Rosalynn Sumners • Steve Spurrier • Veronica Cartwright • Will Hodgman

Born in the same month (April 1955): Akira Toriyama • Américo Gallego • Bill Osborne • Charlotte de Turckheim • David Wu • Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg • John de Mol Jr. • Kevin Brady • Kurt Bodewig • Lesley Garrett • Micheal Ray Richardson • Mike Stroud (physician) • Pradeep Sarkar • Tim Cochran • Tony Miles • Zev Siegl