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Was approached for Rakesh Sharma biopic says Priyanka Chopra
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Global icon Priyanka Chopra, who is known to speak her heart out, made a huge confirmation that she was supposed to star in astronaut Rakesh Sharma's biopic starring Aamir Khan.
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US, Japanese, Russian astronauts blast off to space station
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], December 17 (ANI): A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying a three-member crew of astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States, was launched on Sunday to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Eyeing Mars, Trump to send astronauts back to moon
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], December 12 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has signed a space policy directive instructing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to send American astronauts back to moon with the objective of creating a base for Mars mission.
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Aamir Khan to play astronaut Rakesh Sharma in Siddharth Roy Kapur's n
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): After appearing in last year's blockbuster 'Dangal,' a biopic of on former wrestler and coach Mahavir Singh Phogat, actor Aamir Khan is all set to be a part of another biopic.
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Indian-American selected by NASA among 12 new astronauts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The NASA has chosen an American of Indian descent--Raja Chari, among the 12 new astronauts.
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Soon, we'll be watching videos from NASA's next-gen Orion in ult
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 30 (ANI): Astronauts may soon be able to communicate faster to and from space as NASA's advanced laser communications system called LEMNOS has brought speedy connections closer to the reality.
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Remembering Kalpana Chawla: Girl who dreamt of stars
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 1 (ANI): Today is the death anniversary of the first India-born woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla. In the year 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 was re-entering Earth's atmosphere, the space shuttle burnt and disintegrated into pieces killing all the cre
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Astronaut Eugene Cernan, last man on to walk on moon, dies at 82
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Jan. 17 (ANI): Astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 and the last man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82.
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ISS Mission astronauts touches down after 115 days
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London (UK), Oct. 31 (ANI): A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying astronauts Kate Rubins of the United States, Japan's Takuya Onisihi and Russia's Anatoly Ivanishin landed in a remote region near Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan on Sunday morning.
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China successfully launched longest manned space mission
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing (China), Oct. 17 (ANI): China on Monday successfully launched a spacecraft carrying two astronauts, in its longest-ever manned space mission, who would later join its experimental space lab orbiting the Earth as the country moved a step closer to establish its permanent space station
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'The Martian' star Matt Damon dreamt of being an astronaut as a
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Sep 30 (ANI): Hollywood star Matt Damon has revealed that he too dreamed of being an astronaut as many others did during their childhood.
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Cosmic rays may have put Apollo astronauts at increased heart risk
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 29 (ANI): Seems like deep space has stamped its mark on those who dared to go there as a recent study has found that members of the successful Apollo space program are experiencing higher rates of heart problems.
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