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China's space success linked with its larger political, diplomatic goals:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
By continually playing up Tiangong as a feat of self-reliance, Beijing undermines the potential contributions of international partners.
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NASA launches 6th crewed mission of Elon Musk company SpaceX to ISS
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The crew - including two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates- are expected to reach the ISS outpost early Friday to begin a six-month stay,
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Europe won't send astronauts to China's Tiangong space station
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The European Space Agency manages Europe's space program and it has been training its astronauts with their Chinese counterparts. In 2017, it said the goal was to fly European astronauts on the Chinese space station from 2022.
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Indian-American astronaut Chari nominated for US Air Force Brigadier Gener
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Air Force Col. Raja J. Chari for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Chari is currently serving as the Crew-3 commander and astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Texas," the statement reads.
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Chennai's Srimathy Kesan becomes the first Indian woman to experience zero
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Srimathy Kesan, a renowned space educator hailing from the city of Chennai, has become the first Indian woman to experience zero gravity, through a celebrity space mission in the United States, which enabled her to become a one-day astronaut.
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NASA astronauts successfully install new roll-out solar array on space sta
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Spacewalkers, on Sunday, have successfully installed Roll-Out Solar Array on the starboard truss structure of the space station.
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Research explores possibility of life beyond Earth
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For millennia, caves have served as shelters for prehistoric humans. Caves have also intrigued scholars from early Chinese naturalists to Charles Darwin. A cave ecologist has been in and out of these subterranean ecosystems, examining the unique life forms -- and unique living conditions --
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Synthetic hibernation could provide protection from cosmic radiation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
It is still a glimpse into the future: Astronauts could be put into artificial hibernation and in this state be better protected from cosmic radiation. At present, there are already promising approaches to follow up such considerations.
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Study finds inverted dancers have more acute visuomotor perception
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to researchers, the inversion effect can now be overcome in the perception of biological motion by persons on Earth with extensive visuomotor experience with inverted movements, such as vertical dancers.
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Watch: Coldplay drops small clip of BTS Jin's new song 'The Astronaut'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chris Martin of Coldplay dropped a brief clip of BTS member Jin's upcoming song 'The Astronaut'. To know more check out the video.
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BTS fame Jin's first solo single 'The Astronaut' set to release this month
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
BTS' Jin is all set to release his first-ever solo single 'The Astonaut' this month and the release date for the much-anticipated track has now been announced.
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts safely splash down in Atlantic after spend
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts, who spent 170 days in orbit aboard the Dragon spacecraft, completed the agency's fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station by safely splashing down the coast of Jacksonville, Florida on Friday.
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