Welcome home, says US President Trump after record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson's touchdown
The record-setting astronaut just made her descent to Earth on Saturday, September 2, along with her two crewmates – NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos.
Sep 05, 2017, 10:12 AM IST
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson ends record-breaking space mission, makes smooth landing on Earth
In April, Whitson broke the 534-day US record for cumulative time in space and has spent a career-total of 665 days in space.
Sep 03, 2017, 10:36 AM IST
Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson set to return to Earth
Whitson, along with fellow Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft from the space station and land in Kazakhstan at 9:22 pm EDT.
Sep 02, 2017, 12:54 PM IST
SpaceX's first-ever reused Dragon Capsule arrives at space station!
The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule was launched into the aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on June 3, 2017 at 5:07 pm (2107 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Jun 05, 2017, 23:14 PM IST
Short emergency spacewalk comes to an end; installation work successful, says NASA
A similar MDM replacement spacewalk was conducted in April 2014 by Expedition 39 crewmembers Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio of NASA.
May 23, 2017, 20:39 PM IST
Emergency spacewalk outside ISS underway; NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer take the reigns – Watch LIVE
The failed relay box was installed in the space station truss March 30 during a spacewalk by Whitson and Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough.
May 23, 2017, 18:04 PM IST
NASA astronauts all set for emergency spacewalk outside International Space Station today
Expedition 51 Commander Whitson and Flight Engineer Fischer will replace a critical computer relay box that failed May 20.
May 23, 2017, 09:32 AM IST
Emergency spacewalk: Here's why NASA astronauts will venture outside space station on Tuesday
The multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) data relay box on the S0 truss failed on Saturday morning.
May 22, 2017, 11:31 AM IST
Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer conclude 200th spacewalk!
The spacewalk was the ninth of Whitson's career. She holds the record for most spacewalks by a woman.
May 12, 2017, 23:34 PM IST
Historic 200th spacewalk delayed after NASA discovers water leak!
Spacewalks usually last about six and a half hours, but Friday's would be "abbreviated" due to the late start and would last about four hours.
May 12, 2017, 21:10 PM IST
Expedition 51 astronauts perform 200th spacewalk outside International Space Station!
ISS astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer are venturing outside the space station to replace a large avionics box that supplies electricity and data connections to the science experiments, and replacement hardware stored outside the station.
May 12, 2017, 18:06 PM IST
ISS astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer to conduct 200th spacewalk outside space station on Friday!
Expedition 51 astronauts will venture outside the space station to replace a large avionics box that supplies electricity and data connections to the science experiments, and replacement hardware stored outside the station.
May 12, 2017, 00:09 AM IST
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson speaks to viewers in first 4K livestream from space
At 1:30 p.m. EDT (11:p.m. India Time) on Wednesday, April 26, Whitson - currently commander of Expedition 51 - take viewers 250 miles off the Earth to the International Space Station (ISS) in the first 4K video live from space.
Apr 26, 2017, 11:53 AM IST
More impressed with you than politicians, says Donald Trump to record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson!
With Trump signing a new legislation last month adding human exploration of Mars to NASA's mission, Whitson was also asked about the Mars schedule and when could they see a manned probe to the Red Planet.
Apr 24, 2017, 21:34 PM IST
Astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks US spaceflight record: Things to know about her
Peggy A Whitson (Ph.D) is currently part of Expedition 50/51, which is her third long-duration mission to the space station.
Apr 24, 2017, 16:16 PM IST
Donald Trump to speak with record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson today – Here's how to see President’s call to ISS
The special 20-minute 'Earth-to-space' call at 10 a.m. EDT Monday, April 24, is to personally congratulate Whitson for her record-breaking stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Apr 24, 2017, 10:11 AM IST
Donald Trump to make Earth-to-space call on April 24
The call will be made available to schools, museums, and other organisations across the nation and globally, NASA said in a statement on Wednesday.
Apr 20, 2017, 11:20 AM IST
Two-member crew head to space station aboard Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft – Watch liftoff
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and his Expedition 51-52 crewmate Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin are on the docket for this flight, scheduled for take off at 3:13 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 20 (1:13 p.m. Baikonur time), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft.
Apr 20, 2017, 10:35 AM IST
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson to be a part of first ultra-high-definition live stream from space!
The event will be moderated by Carolyn Giardina, technology editor for the Hollywood Reporter.
Apr 11, 2017, 23:08 PM IST
ISS Expedition 50 crew safely lands in Kazakhstan after 173 days in space - Watch
NASA says the trio will land in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan at 7:21 a.m. EDT (5:21 p.m. Kazakhstan time).
Apr 10, 2017, 09:52 AM IST
