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  Indian astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla to pilot SpaceX Dragon to ISS in May

  Science | April 03, 2025 10:55 IST

  Axiom Mission 4 will consist of four astronauts. The mission to the International Space Station will be piloted by Indian astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla.

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  What awaits Sunita Williams after her return from space? A look at post-mission procedures

  World | March 19, 2025 8:11 IST

  Sunita Williams returns: After returning to shore, the astronauts travelled to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to reunite with their families. NASA's teams will also focus on helping the astronauts re-acclimate to Earth's gravity.

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  Sunita Williams returns: What did NASA astronaut do during her 9-month stay in space? Explained

  Explainers | March 19, 2025 7:17 IST

  Sunita Williams returns: During the mission, Williams travelled 121,347,491 miles, spent 286 days in space, and completed 4,576 orbits around Earth. Throughout the mission, Crew-9 contributed to scientific research, maintenance activities, and technology demonstrations.

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  Sunita Williams' return to Earth after 9 months in space: Check landing time, other key details

  World | March 18, 2025 12:23 IST

  Sunita Williams' return to Earth: NASA will provide live coverage of the SpaceX Crew-9 'Dragon Freedom' capsule carrying the four astronauts back to Earth from the International Space Station. Willams and Wilmore had launched to the ISS on June 5 on a Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

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  Sunita Williams likely to depart Space Station for Earth on this date | Know about NASA's big update

  Science | March 14, 2025 14:06 IST

  Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore should have been back to earth nine months ago. However, they have been orbiting the planet aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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  NASA astronauts, awaiting return after delay, conduct joint spacewalk

  Science | January 31, 2025 11:11 IST

  Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been in space for the last 8 months. They exited the ISS to conduct maintenance work and check for any surviving microbes from Earth.

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  Trump asks Elon Musk's SpaceX to rescue stranded astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore from ISS

  World | January 29, 2025 13:17 IST

  Sunita Williams along with her fellow astronaut Butch Willmore have been at the ISS since June last year. The pair had launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 5 for its first crewed flight, arriving at the space station on June 6.

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  Sunita Williams, other astronauts celebrate Christmas in space, spark social media buzz | VIDEO

  Trending | December 26, 2024 8:15 IST

  NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore brought holiday cheer to the ISS with Santa hats and a Christmas tree. Their extended mission sparked social media curiosity about how they managed festive celebrations in space.

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  What's most expensive man-made object? No, it's not Taj Mahal, Burj Khalifa or Antilia | Check here

  November 25, 2024 17:03 IST

  It 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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  Boeing's Starliner capsule returns to Earth without astronauts: Here's what next

  Science | September 07, 2024 11:03 IST

  Starliner landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:01 a.m. ET on September 7 (9:31 a.m. IST). Ground teams are now preparing to transport Starliner back to Florida for analysis and refurbishment.

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  One Gaganyaan astronaut to travel to ISS in joint mission with NASA

  India | July 27, 2024 23:46 IST

  One of the astronauts from India's Gaganyaan mission will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) in a joint mission with NASA, Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha. The astronaut training is progressing well, with collaboration details finalised with Axiom Space.

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  VIDEO: From space to Barbados's sea beach, how catastrophic Hurricane Beryl looks

  World | July 02, 2024 16:56 IST

  Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic’s record warmth.

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  NASA calls off spacewalk after spacesuit water leak, astronaut says 'literally water everywhere now'

  World | June 25, 2024 14:57 IST

  According to NASA, The duo were not in danger. The astronauts were supposed to remove a faulty communications box and collect microbe samples from outside the orbiting laboratory.

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  NASA accidentally broadcasts distressed astronaut simulation on ISS

  Science | June 13, 2024 13:06 IST

  The broadcast, which aired at 5:28 p.m. U.S. Central Time (2228 GMT), included audio of a female voice instructing crew members to assist a commander showing signs of decompression sickness.

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  Watch: Sunita Williams dances in excitement after reaching International Space Station

  Trending | June 07, 2024 8:43 IST

  SpaceX and Boeing developed their respective vehicles under NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme, a partnership with private industry contractors. From the outset, the space agency aimed to have both companies operating at once.

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  US: Another setback for Boeing, first Starliner test flight with Sunita Williams delayed again

  Science | June 02, 2024 9:35 IST

  NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were strapped in the Starliner capsule when a computer abruptly aborted the launch countdown. Boeing's planned crewed test flight has faced a series of delays amid competition with Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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  NASA to provide training to Indian astronauts for joint mission to International Space Station

  World | May 25, 2024 15:20 IST

  India and the US are also collaborating on a joint Earth-observing mission NISAR, which will last for three years to survey land and ice-covered regions of the earth. Meanwhile, Indian and American officials held talks in Washington to discuss opportunities to strengthen space collaboration.

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  SpaceX initiates eighth long-duration crew mission to International Space Station orbit

  Science | March 05, 2024 13:52 IST

  A live NASA-SpaceX webcast showed the 25-story-tall rocketship ascending from the launch tower as its nine Merlin engines roared to life in billowing clouds of vapour and a reddish fireball that lit up the night sky. The rocket consumes 700,000 gallons of fuel per second during launch, SpaceX said.

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  Turkey's first astronaut embarks on historic mission to International Space Station | WATCH

  World | January 19, 2024 16:19 IST

  The Axiom-3 mission also includes astronauts from Sweden and Italy and is expected to reach the International Space Station on Saturday. The mission was conducted in collaboration with SpaceX and NASA and seeks to bolster efforts to promote commercial activity in space.

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  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson meets Rakesh Sharma, first Indian to fly in space, in Bengaluru

  India | November 30, 2023 16:18 IST

  Rakesh Sharma went on to become the first Indian citizen to reach outer space on April 2, 1984, when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. Nelson is on his maiden visit to India to oversee the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR).