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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams retires after 27 years of service
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has retired after 27 years of service, effective December 27, 2025. With a remarkable career spanning three missions aboard the International Space Station, Williams has set numerous human spaceflight records, including logging 608 days in space, the second-
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Sunita Williams breaks spacewalking record during 92nd US Spacewalk
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
NASA astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams surpassed a major milestone on January 30, 2025, when she broke the record for total spacewalking time held by former astronaut Peggy Whitson.
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After historic first spacewalk, billionaire entrepreneur bats for future c
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Gillis, a classically trained violinist, recorded herself performing music from "Star Wars" on her violin. Videos from the performance shows captivativng visuals of Gillis preforming the Rey's theme composed by John Williams "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Gillis' violin part was synchroniz
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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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Elon Musk-led SpaceX 'Polaris Dawn' featuring 1st commercial spacewalk mis
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The launch of 'Polaris Dawn' mission initially scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on Tuesday was delayed for August 28 due to a helium leak. The mission is now delayed again due to predictions of bad weather off the coast of Florida where the crew capsule will splash down i
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Helium leak postpones Elon Musk-led SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission featurin
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
"Next launch opportunity is no earlier than Wednesday, August 28," SpaceX said. Polaris Dawn is the first of three planned missions in the Polaris Program, a human-spaceflight project funded and organized by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. it features a spacewalk that has till now o
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Boeing Starliner with Sunita Williams onboard could wait months in space b
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Officials have repeatedly hinted that the Starliner, which faced issues with helium leaks and thruster outages heading to the International Space Station in early June, will be safe to bring astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore home.
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NASA astronauts lose tool bag during first spacewalk
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara marked their first spacewalk on November 1, an unfortunate incident occurred with their tool bag being lost. The bag is currently floating in space and will continue to do so over the next few months until it disintegrates in the Earth's at
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Sultan AlNeyadi sets historic milestone as he completes longest space miss
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
AlNeyadi became the first Arab astronaut to complete a spacewalk mission outside the ISS, as part of the 69th mission last April, which lasted about 7 hours, to carry out several basic tasks such as maintenance, in addition to completing the preparatory series for installing a number of sola
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Sultan AlNeyadi makes history as first Arab astronaut to complete spacewal
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) achieved a new milestone on Friday when astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi ventured out of the International Space Station (ISS) and completed his spacewalk.
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Sultan Alneyadi set to make history, will become first Arab astronaut to p
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on Thursday announced that Sultan AlNeyadi will become the first Arab astronaut to undertake a spacewalk during Expedition 69 on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Russian cosmonauts' spacewalk cancelled after leak found at space station
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The leak appeared to originate from the Russian Soyuz MS-22 crew capsule splattered coolant over the orbiting lab's docking port.
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