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India-born Sirisha Bandla to fly into space with Virgin's Richard Branson
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Houston [US], July 3 (ANI): Indian-origin astronaut, Sirisha Bandla will be taking care of the researcher experience on the Unity22 mission, when a Virgin Galactic test flight travels to the edge of space on July 11.
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China launches 3 astronauts to its space station
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 17 (ANI): China launched three Chinese astronauts from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre to an under-construction space station on Thursday.
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NASA's Crew-1 astronauts safely splash down after Space Station Mission
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): NASA's Space X Crew-1 astronauts truly deserve a big hand as after surviving 167 days in space, the longest duration mission for a U.S. spacecraft since the final Skylab mission in 1974, Dragon and the Crew-1 astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday morning
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Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins passes away at 90
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): Michael Collins, the NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, has died at age 90 after battling cancer.
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Space X capsule with 4 astronauts docks with ISS
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Texas [US], April 24 (ANI): A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft -- carrying four astronauts from three countries -- docked with the International Space Station on early Saturday morning Eastern Time, beginning the crew's six-month stay in space.
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SpaceX launches four astronauts to international space station
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Florida [US], April 23 (ANI): SpaceX on Friday successfully launched four astronauts en route to the international space station.
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Russia's Soyuz rocket placed into orbit with 3 astronauts on board
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 10 (ANI): Russia's Soyuz MS-18 Yu spacecraft carrying one NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts of the Russian space agency Roscosmos docked to the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:05 am Eastern Time Zone (EDT) while both spacecraft were flying about 262 miles above
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Indian astronaut candidates for Gaganyaan mission complete training in Rus
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 23 (ANI): Four Indian officers, who were selected to become astronauts to crew Gaganyaan into orbit, have completed their one-year training course in Russia's Zvyozdny gorodok city near Moscow.
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NASA astronauts conduct fifth spacewalk of 2021
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Texas [US], March 14 (ANI): US astronauts Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins have now returned to the International Space Station (ISS) after completing a spacewalk for technical and maintenance tasks, NASA said.
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SpaceX's Dragon Crew to break US record for most days in space on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): US astronauts living aboard the ISS orbital outpost will break the record on Sunday for most days in space by a crew launched aboard a US spacecraft, NASA said.
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SpaceX to launch world's first all-civilian astronaut mission to orbit in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): SpaceX announced on Monday that it will launch four private individuals on a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit around the Earth, dubbed as "the world's first all-civilian mission." It is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2021.
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ESA confirms 2 European astronauts to fly to ISS in 2021
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed on Thursday that two European astronauts will be based at the International Space Station (ISS) this year, outgoing ESA Director General Jan Woerner said at a press conference.
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