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"Greetings from the ISS": NASA astronaut Sunita Williams extends wishes Di
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In a video message shared from the International Space Station (ISS), the Indian-origin astronaut said that this year she had the unique opportunity to observe Diwali from 260 miles above Earth and reminisced about her father's efforts to keep their cultural roots alive by teaching her an
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SpaceX Crew-9 arrives at ISS; welcomed by NASA's Sunita Williams and Butch
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
After months of uncertainty, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, travelling in the SpaceX Dragon capsule, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday to bring back Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who had been stuck there si
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Sunita Williams terms space her "happy place"; NASA astronauts eager to vo
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Both the astronauts will remain on the international space station as part of the Expedition 71/72 crew and return home in February 2025 aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members on NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to address Earth from orbiting internationa
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Meanwhile, crew of the Polaris Dawn the Elon Musk-led private charted spaceflight created history when they completed the first commercial spacewalk.
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Boeing's Starliner on its way back to Earth without NASA astronauts Sunita
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Boeing on Saturday morning said that the deorbit poll of the empty Starliner spacecraft has been completed and the landing phase will take 44 minutes from deorbit burn to landing. "It's time to bring Calypso home," Sunita Williams radioed flight controllers before Starliner's return to Ea
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 changes ahead of September launch
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than September 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. The updated crew complement follows NASA's decision to return the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test uncrewed
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NASA aims to unblock space station congestion as Sunita Williams remain st
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
One of the most pressing issues involves Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which is currently docked at the ISS with two NASA astronauts on board. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on an extended mission due to technical problems with Starliner's propulsion system, are expected t
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NASA astronauts play "Out-of-the-world" Olympic sports
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
In a video, the NASA astronauts say that they "had a blast" while they pretend to be Olympic athletes
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"India has been very successful in space sector in last 20 yrs": Former NA
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Meanwhile, NASA will have a hand in training two Indian astronauts, one of whom will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) late this year. ISRO chairman S Somanath had earlier said that ISRO will likely select four astronauts for training.
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Stuck in space, NASA astronauts confident of Boeing capsule's safe Earth r
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
"I have a real good feeling in my heart that the spacecraft will bring us home, no problem," Williams told reporters from the ISS.
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No planned date to return to Earth for two NASA astronauts due to issues w
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The two NASA astronauts were scheduled to return on June 14. However, the pair has no set date to return to Earth as their return has been delayed multiple times.
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Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders dies in plane crash
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The 90-year-old space pioneer met his untimely demise in an aircraft incident in the San Juan Islands.
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