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Russian cosmonauts board space station in Ukrainian flag colours, spark sp
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 20 (ANI): Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday wearing Yellow and blue outfits, giving rise to speculations that the troika was expressing their solidarity with Ukraine, CNN reported.
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Study: Brain of cosmonauts adapts to long-term space missions by getting '
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Paris [France], February 26 (ANI): Previous studies have shown that spaceflight has the potential to alter both the shape and function of an adult brain. A recent study has made new discoveries regarding the same.
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Brain of cosmonauts adapt to long-term space missions by getting 'rewired'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Paris [France], February 22 (ANI): The human brain is dynamic as it can change and adapt in structure and function throughout life. As human exploration of space reaches new horizons every year, understanding the effects of spaceflight on human brains is crucial. Previous studies have shown
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Russian actress, director blast off to shoot first movie in space
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 5 (ANI): Russian actress Julia Peresild, Director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to shoot the first movie -- "The Challenge" -- in space about a medical emergency in orbit.
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Soyuz spacecraft to land on Earth today with three cosmonauts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dzhezkazgan [Kazakhstan], April 17 (ANI): After more than six months in orbit, the Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on Earth on Saturday.
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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 cosmonauts complete training in Russia on crew actions in event of
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 07 (ANI): The four Indian cosmonauts for India's first manned space mission Ganganyaan have completed training in Russia on crew actions in the event of an abnormal descent module landing, Roscosmos, a Russian space corp said.
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'Soyuz Fall 2020, Spring 2021 missions to ISS comprises all-Russian crew'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Foreign astronauts are not part of the planned Soyuz crew set to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) in October 2020 and in the spring of 2021, data published by Russia's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre has revealed.
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Alexei Leonov, first man to ever walk in space, dies at 85
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 11 (ANI): Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first person to perform a spacewalk back in 1965, has died in Moscow at the age of 85, Russian space agency Roscosmos Space Corporation announced on Friday.
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Russia's most experienced astronaut fails medical test
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia's most experienced cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin has failed a recently held medical test here.
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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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Manned Soyuz MS 11 successfully blasts off towards ISS
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Baikonur Cosmodrome [Kazakhstan], Dec 3 (ANI): Russia's state space agency, Roscosmos, successfully launched the manned Soyuz MS 11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Canadian space agency's astronaut David Saint-Jacques and NASA's Anne McClain tow
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