International Space Station
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Sunita Williams' return to Earth after 9 months in space: Check landing time, other key details
World | Mar 18, 2025, 12:23 PM ISTSunita 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 | Mar 14, 2025, 02:06 PM ISTSunita 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 | Jan 31, 2025, 11:11 AM ISTSunita 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 | Jan 29, 2025, 01:17 PM ISTSunita 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 | Dec 26, 2024, 08:15 AM ISTNASA 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
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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Boeing's Starliner capsule returns to Earth without astronauts: Here's what next
Science | Sep 07, 2024, 11:03 AM ISTStarliner 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 | Jul 27, 2024, 11:46 PM ISTOne 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 | Jul 02, 2024, 04:56 PM ISTHurricane 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 | Jun 25, 2024, 02:57 PM ISTAccording 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 | Jun 13, 2024, 01:06 PM ISTThe 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 | Jun 07, 2024, 08:43 AM ISTSpaceX 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 | Jun 02, 2024, 09:35 AM ISTNASA 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, 03:20 PM ISTIndia 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 | Mar 05, 2024, 01:52 PM ISTA 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 | Jan 19, 2024, 04:19 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 30, 2023, 04:18 PM ISTRakesh 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).
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Astronaut Marcus Wandt Prepares For SpaceX Flight To ISS
News | Nov 26, 2023, 05:39 PM ISTSwedish astronaut Marcus Wandt is preparing for his trip to the International Space Station (ISS). Marcus Wandt will fly on third Axiom Space mission, planned for January 2024. Wandt's mission is named Muninn, after Norse mythology. It will be the first time a European Space Agency astronaut has hit
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Russian Soyuz MS-24 aircraft carrying American astronaut launches to International Space Station
World | Sep 16, 2023, 10:51 AM ISTThe latest mission is a joint US-Russia venture in space despite hostilities between the countries reaching an all-time high over the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
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NASA, SpaceX launch 4 astronauts from 4 countries including Russia to International Space Station
World | Aug 27, 2023, 10:59 AM ISTThe astronauts will reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule on Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March.