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NASA's Twins Study shows how space affects human body
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 12 (ANI): NASA has published the results of its year-long Twins Study on astronauts Scott Kelly and his identical twin brother Mark, from 2015-2016.
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Will you sign up for NASA's USD 19,000 bed rest study?
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Mar 29 (ANI): If you couldn't get a job at NASA, this is the time to try your luck, rather oversleeping capabilities, as the space agency is conducting an unusual experiment to improve the lives of its astronauts.
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NASA cancels first all-female spacewalk over ill-fitting spacesuit
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): It is easy for women to change dresses even at the last minute before going out if something doesn't fit right. However, for International Space Station astronauts an ill-fitted spacesuit marred what would have been a historic all-women spacewalk.
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Russia can train Indian astronauts for Gaganyan: Ambassador Kudashev
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): As India prepares to launch its maiden human space flight programme, Gaganyan, by 2022, Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev on Monday said that his country is ready to assist India in all ways, particularly in the training of its astronauts and in the
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Elon Musk won't be seen smoking pot in public again, says NASA
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [United States], November 30 (ANI): NASA is clear about its approach to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and marijuana. The two organizations are collaborating to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
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NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [United States], November 23 (ANI): NASA is all geared up to send humans for the first time in eight years through SpaceX Crew Dragon. As part of the preparation, the space agency will first shoot out a test flight on January 7.
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Russia offers to train Indian astronauts
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia has offered to train Indian astronauts for its future space missions.
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NASA mulling product endorsements, selling naming rights
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], September 4 (ANI): If everything goes as planned, you might see future astronauts wearing suits with Hershey's branding on them and heading all the way to Mars taking a bit of the ad world with them.
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NASA challenges public to find ways of surviving on Mars
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], September 3 (ANI): NASA has announced a CO2 Conversion Challenge to take some assistance from the public on how its astronauts can endure on the Red Planet.
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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts to fly first commercial spacecraft
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 04 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday (local time) announced the names of the first astronauts to fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station.
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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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