Space Station
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ISRO prepares for busiest phase, targets Moon missions and space station
Science | Nov 16, 2025, 11:43 AM ISTThe launch schedule encompasses a commercial satellite for communications, alongside several missions employing both the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
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China achieves culinary feat in space: Astronauts cook full meal on Tiangong | Watch video
Science | Nov 05, 2025, 05:04 PM ISTUsing the specialised oven, Chinese astronauts on Tiangong space station baked marinated chicken wings for 28 minutes and then used it to cook steak.
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What's most expensive man-made object? No, it's not Taj Mahal, Burj Khalifa or Antilia | Check here
offbeat | Nov 25, 2024, 05:03 PM ISTIt is interesting to know that the most expensive structure built by humans cannot be visited by common people. In fact, if a common man plans to visit the most expensive structure, he has to spend millions of dollars.
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Yearender 2023: A look at 10 big announcements by Modi govt
India | Dec 23, 2023, 02:50 PM ISTThe Modi government took many key decisions in a bid to improve people’s life, especially the unprivileged, and to accelerate India's development journey in various sectors ensuring country’s overall progress. Let’s take a look at some of them.
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China successfully launches second lab module for its space station
World | Dec 16, 2022, 11:52 AM ISTAbout 10 minutes into the launch, an official of the China Manned Space Agency announced that the mission was successful and the spacecraft reached its intended orbit.
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Astronauts ferried back to Earth by SpaceX after a six month long mission
World | Oct 15, 2022, 01:02 PM ISTWet and windy weather across Florida delayed their homecoming. SpaceX and NASA finally gave the all-clear on Friday, and the three Americans and one Italian departed the International Space Station, their residence since April.
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Chinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station
World | Sep 18, 2022, 07:02 AM ISTThe latest spacewalk was the second during a six-month mission that will oversee the completion of the space station.
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China successfully launches first lab module for its space station
Science | Jul 25, 2022, 02:30 AM ISTChina's giant Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket, carrying Wentian, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin unveils plans to build 'business park' in space
Science | Oct 26, 2021, 12:05 PM ISTBlue Origin said that the new space station Orbital Reef will be habitable for up to 10 people. It will become operational by 2030.
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China launches 3 astronauts on 6-month space station mission
Science | Oct 15, 2021, 11:39 PM ISTThe Shenzhou-13 spaceship carrying the three astronauts was launched by a Long March-2F rocket at 12:25 a.m. Saturday (4225 GMT Friday).
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China astronauts return after 90 days aboard space station
Science | Sep 17, 2021, 01:32 PM ISTChina has sent 14 astronauts into space since 2003, when it became only the third country after the former Soviet Union and the United States to do so on its own.
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Smoke alarms sound at International Space Station
Science | Sep 09, 2021, 03:28 PM ISTRussia's space agency Roscosmos said the incident took place in the Russian-built Zvezda module and occurred as the station's batteries were being recharged.
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Russia's new space station to use AI, robots
Science | Sep 06, 2021, 07:02 PM ISTRogozin said the agency aims to develop the new space station with a higher efficiency factor than that of the current International Space Station (ISS).
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Russia blames 'software failure' for misfired engines that shook ISS
India | Jul 31, 2021, 04:11 PM ISTOn Thursday, the Russian module's thrusters unexpectedly fired hours after docking, causing the Nauka module to think it was supposed to back away from the ISS.
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Three Chinese astronauts enter new space station on 3-month mission
Science | Jun 17, 2021, 08:11 PM ISTThree Chinese astronauts arrived Thursday at China’s new space station at the start of a three-month mission, marking another milestone in the country’s ambitious space program.
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China Space Station: First crewed mission to construct new orbiting laboratory launched
World | Jun 17, 2021, 09:14 AM ISTThe Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert. The launch was telecast live by the state-run CGTN-TV.
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Rocket on pad, China ready to send 1st crew to space station
Science | Jun 10, 2021, 04:31 PM ISTChina said in March the astronauts training for the upcoming crewed missions were a mix of space travel veterans and newcomers and included some women. It has sent 11 astronauts into space to date, all of them pilots from the ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army.
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China to send 3 male astronauts to its space station in June
Science | May 31, 2021, 08:26 AM ISTA three-man crew of astronauts will blast off in June for a three-month mission on China's new space station, according to a space official who was the country's first astronaut in orbit.
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Russian resupply ship launches to space station
Science | Feb 15, 2021, 02:25 PM ISTAn uncrewed Russian cargo ship carrying just over one ton of nitrogen, water and propellant to the International Space Station launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on Monday.
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Multi-year effort to upgrade space station batteries bears fruit
Science | Feb 04, 2021, 07:15 AM ISTAfter 13 different astronauts conducted 14 spacewalks over several years, the primary power system of the International Space Station (ISS) has now been fully upgraded to lithium-ion technology, NASA has said.