Astronaut
Donald Pettit
The oldest active American astronaut, and an inventor of the zero gravity coffee cup.
Donald Roy Pettit is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the Space Cup, which received the first ever patent for an object invented in space. He is a veteran of three long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station, one Space Shuttle mission, and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica. As of 2026, at age 71, he is NASA's oldest active astronaut and the third oldest person to reach orbit, behind John Glenn and Larry Connor. He has accumulated 590 days in space.
- Born
- 1955-04-20, Silverton, USAA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1955-04-20, Silverton, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 29°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 6°19′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 27°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 25°26′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 6°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 21°45′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 19°13′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 23°45′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 26°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 24°21′ | Retrograde |
Donald Pettit is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Donald Pettit was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.