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flag NASA astronaut Don Pettit returns from ISS on his 70th birthday after a 220-day mission.

flag NASA astronaut Don Pettit will return from the International Space Station (ISS) on his 70th birthday, ending a 220-day mission. flag Pettit, along with Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, will undock from the ISS at 5:57 p.m. flag ET on Saturday and land in Kazakhstan at 9:20 p.m. flag ET. flag During their mission, they orbited Earth 3,520 times, traveling about 93.3 million miles. flag The mission highlights international cooperation on the ISS, which has maintained continuous human presence for over two decades.

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