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Donald Pettit

1955 - Today

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Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Pettit has received more than 215,978 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Pettit is the 383rd most popular astronaut (down from 374th in 2019), the 12,960th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,750th in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 220k

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  • 36.28

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  • 25

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  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Donald Pettit ranks 383 out of 524Before him are Roy D. Bridges Jr., William Oefelein, Liu Wang, Michael L. Gernhardt, Bjarni Tryggvason, and Roman Romanenko. After him are Mark C. Lee, Charles L. Veach, Daniel M. Tani, F. Drew Gaffney, Oleg Artemyev, and George D. Zamka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Donald Pettit ranks 558Before him are Carol Ann Duffy, Mike Parson, Steven Wright, Gernot Jurtin, Patrizio Sala, and Mary Black. After him are Polly Draper, Rosario Fernández, S. Jaishankar, Wilhelm Molterer, Rob Portman, and Michael O'Keefe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Pettit ranks 12,960 out of 18,182Before him are Dane Clark (1912), Derek Fisher (1974), Mercy Otis Warren (1728), Miles Heizer (1994), Evan Spiegel (1990), and Frank Murphy (1890). After him are Max Greenfield (1980), Katherine Schwarzenegger (1989), Joey Lauren Adams (1968), Frank Mir (1979), Alexa Bliss (1991), and Nicholas Gilman (1755).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Donald Pettit ranks 185Before him are Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Stephanie Wilson (1966), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), William Oefelein (1965), and Michael L. Gernhardt (1956). After him are Mark C. Lee (1952), Charles L. Veach (1944), Daniel M. Tani (1961), F. Drew Gaffney (1946), George D. Zamka (1962), and Joseph R. Tanner (1950).

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