(Portland, OR) -- An Oregon native is set to blast off into space for the first time in over a decade. NASA astronaut Don Pettit will launch to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket this September. The Silverton native will spend six months at the station, along with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. It's been 12 years since Pettit traveled to outer space. He's made the trip four times.