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  ISS astronauts celebrate New Year's eve 16 times

  World | January 01, 2015 12:32 IST

  Washington: The crew of Expedition 42 orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station celebrated New Year's eve as many as 16 times as it circles the globe at 28,163 km per hour, NASA said.Commander

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  US private spacecraft arrives at space station

  World | September 30, 2013 7:46 IST

  Washington : A privately-owned cargo ship operated by US space company Orbital Sciences Corp. completed its first rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday, NASA TV showed.The unmanned Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by a

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  Indian-American Sunita Williams headed to space in July

  World | June 23, 2012 19:07 IST

  Washington, Jun 23: Indian-American Sunita Williams, a record-setting astronaut who lived and worked aboard the International Space Station for six months in 2006, is headed to the space once again in July.Williams is scheduled to