Astronauts have a unique way of getting ready in space. In an attractive video posted on 21 February, NASA Chemical Engineer Don Petit displayed how he puts it on his pants on the international space station. Instead of the traditional one-foot-at-a-time approach, Mr. Petit landed in his floating trousers, essentially jumped into them with both legs at once.
He simply captioned the video, “Two legs at a time.”
Watch the video here:
Two legs at a time! pic.twitter.com/ehdokibiga
– Don Petit (@Astro_Pettit) 21 February, 2025
The published video pleased the audience, inspiring a hurry of comments and reactions from users who enjoyed a humorous glimpse in life in space. One user wrote, “I felt that you are going to get into them right for the first time. Haha. It could be fun to try.”
Another joke said, “This is the real material that I needed! I tried to make it on earth again and … Hel … it did not recover.”
One third said, “Space Odyssey is playing the opportunity for not having an opportunity for not having a theme from 2001.” A fourth said, “Such a supporter! Do well.”
Who is Don Petit?
Don Petit is an American astronaut, chemical engineer and inventor known for his work with NASA. Born on April 20, 1955, in Silveront, Oregan, he has a background in science, which Ph.D. In Chemical Engineering from Arizona University. Mr. Petit has spent significant time in space, participating in several missions, including the International Space Station (ISS) and a space shuttle mission campaigns.
He first flew as a part of Expedition 6 in the ISS in 2002 on the space shuttle Endeavor (STS -113) in 2002, where he stayed for more than five months. During this mission, he attracted attention to his “Saturday Morning Science” experiments, demonstrated physics concepts in microgravity – such as how water behaves or how spin items in space. He returned to space at STS -126 in 2008, distributed equipment to ISS, and again entered another six -month orbit, for the campaign 30/31 in 2011-2012. His total time in space is more than 370 days in these missions.