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Spacex Launches Rescue Mission To Return Astronauts Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore From Space

SpaceX successfully launched a rescue mission to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded on the ISS for months due to spacecraft issues. 

Sep 29, 2024, 15:58 PM IST

Space Anemia: A Serious Health Risk For NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams

NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams, currently on board the International Space Station (ISS), may be at risk of a serious health condition known as space anemia. This condition causes red blood cells to be destroyed at an alarming rate, leading to severe fatigue, mental health changes, reduced heart function, bone loss, and overall bodily imbalance.

Aug 28, 2024, 16:39 PM IST

Big News From NASA: What’s Next For Sunita Williams’ Return To Earth?

NASA is anticipated to make a final decision on Saturday regarding the return of Sunita Williams to Earth using Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

 

Aug 24, 2024, 13:43 PM IST

Elon Musk-Run SpaceX, NASA To Send Mission With Over 3,500 Kg Cargo To ISS

In addition, the NG-21 will also carry two tiny CubeSats, as part of NASA's ELaNa (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites) programme. It will be deployed from the ISS after the Cygnus docks on August 5. 

Aug 03, 2024, 19:07 PM IST

Astronaut Aboard ISS Performs Asana, Pic Goes Viral, Check

International Yoga Day 2023:  Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi took yoga to a whole new level when he shared a photo of himself performing an asana aboard the International Space Station.

Jun 22, 2023, 13:28 PM IST

SpaceX gives rocket ride to ISS to 3 paying space enthusiasts; Check cost of each seat

Their tickets for the rocket ride include access to all but for the Russian portion of the space station space tourists will need permission from the three cosmonauts on board. 

Apr 08, 2022, 23:10 PM IST

DNA: Russia blasts own satellite; Will space become battlefield?

The United States and NASA condemned Russia for launching a "dangerous and irresponsible" missile strike that blew up a Russian satellite and created a debris cloud that forced the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) to take evasive action.

Nov 17, 2021, 00:02 AM IST

DNA: Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari's space journey

SpaceX has sent four astronauts to the International Space Station. 44-year-old Indian American Raja Chari has been made mission commander. He is a trained pilot of a US Air Force fighter jet.

Nov 11, 2021, 23:38 PM IST

SpaceX crew launch delayed again over astronaut's undisclosed 'medical issue'

NASA said Thursday (November 4) that the astronaut whom they're not identifying should be fine before a possible launch attempt on Monday (November 8). 

Nov 05, 2021, 15:12 PM IST

After wrapping up shoot for first film in space, Russian crew prepares to travel back to Earth

A space capsule with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko will land in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

Oct 17, 2021, 09:05 AM IST

Space emergency: Smoke and fire alarms on ISS force Russian cosmonauts to take a 7-hour spacewalk

A smoke and fire alarm went off on the Zvezda service module, which provides living quarters for crew members on the International Space Station. The problem now seems to be sorteqd as the team returned to rest.

Sep 11, 2021, 12:02 PM IST

NASA astronaut reveals how she shampoos hair in microgravity, leaves netizens in awe - Watch

NASA astronaut Megan McArthur provided a detailed step-by-step process to wash hair in space.

Sep 03, 2021, 10:35 AM IST

NASA astronaut at ISS gets special gift from Elon Musk, the reason will make you smile

Astronaut Megan McArthur celebrated her 50th birthday aboard the ISS and also had a surprise in store for her. Read here...

Sep 02, 2021, 08:22 AM IST

Astronauts take Tokyo Olympics to space, hold closing ceremony in ISS

Japanese and French astronauts did their own small closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 at the International Space Station.

Aug 09, 2021, 10:21 AM IST

International Space Station goes out of control after misfire of Russian module-In pics

On Thursday (July 29) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials informed that the International Space Station (ISS) was thrown briefly out of control when jet thrusters of a newly arrived Russian research module inadvertently fired a few hours after it was docked to the orbiting outpost. In this collection of pictures, we take a look at the magnificent ISS situated at the edge of space.

Jul 30, 2021, 16:23 PM IST

International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module: NASA

The Russian module`s jets inexplicably restarted causing the entire International Space Station to pitch out of its normal flight position, briefly, NASA officials said.

Jul 30, 2021, 08:23 AM IST

Astronauts finish 1st solar arrays installation outside International Space Station

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in their eighth spacewalk of the year outside the ISS deployed the new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the far end of the left (port) side of the station`s backbone truss structure (P6).
 

Jun 23, 2021, 16:28 PM IST

NASA awards Elon Musk's Space X $2.9 billion contract to bring astronauts to moon by 2024

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded SpaceX led by billionaire Elon Musk a $2.9 Billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024.

Apr 26, 2021, 08:55 AM IST

Bacteria found on International Space Station gets named after Indian scientist Ajmal Khan

According to a study published in the Frontiers in Microbiology, four strains from the family of Mytholobacteriaceae were found on various locations on the International Space Station (ISS) across two consecutive flights on Monday (March 15).

Mar 24, 2021, 15:33 PM IST