International Space Station
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India to join Artemis Accords, agrees on joint mission to International Space Station: White House
World | Jun 22, 2023, 05:26 PM ISTThe Artemis Accords, established in 2020, is a non-binding, practical set of principles that are used to guide space exploration cooperation among nations and aims to extend space exploration to Mars and beyond. There were 25 signatories upto May 2023 including Australia, Italy, Japan and Canada.
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Russian cosmonaut launches from US for first time in 20 years, alongside NASA, Japanese astronauts
World | Dec 16, 2022, 12:47 PM ISTFor the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the U.S., launching to the International Space Station alongside NASA and Japanese astronauts despite tensions over the war in Ukraine.
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Russia to quit International Space Station after 2024, say reports
World | Jul 26, 2022, 10:02 PM ISTRussia-Ukraine war: According to reports, Moscow may take this move over sanctions levied on the country amid Ukraine war.
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Russia warns sanctions could cause International Space Station to crash
World | Mar 12, 2022, 01:20 PM ISTISS is modular space station in low earth orbit. It a collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).
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Space Station "largely isolated" from tensions over Ukraine
World | Feb 24, 2022, 08:42 AM ISTScott Pace, who served as executive secretary of the space council under President Trump and is now the director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, said the space station “has been largely isolated” from political events.
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SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station
Science | Nov 11, 2021, 09:18 AM ISTThe crew launch marked SpaceX's fourth for NASA in 1-1/2 years and the company's fifth passenger flight overall.
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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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Can NASA astronauts take shower in space? This video from international space station explains all
Science | Sep 03, 2021, 08:04 PM IST"Shower Shower Hour! Astronauts can’t take showers in space or the water would go everywhere, so I thought I would demonstrate how we keep hair clean on the @Space_Station. The simple things we take for granted on Earth are not so simple in micro-gravity!" NASA astronaut Megan McArthur wrote.
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SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot, ice cream for 7 astronauts on the space station
Science | Aug 29, 2021, 02:45 PM ISTThe Dragon is carrying more than 4,800 pounds (2,170 kilograms) of supplies and experiments, and fresh food including avocados, lemons and even ice cream for the space station’s seven astronauts.
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Russian module briefly throws International Space Station out of control
Science | Jul 30, 2021, 08:31 AM ISTFlight controllers regained control using thrusters on other Russian components at the station to right the ship, and it is now stable and safe, NASA said.
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How does Tokyo look from Space during Olympics? NASA shares image
World | Jul 29, 2021, 08:06 PM ISTTaking to Instagram, NASA shared an image of Tokyo, where Olympic games are being held, showing the city glowing bright with the magic of the Olympics. The image was captured by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough.
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Astronauts finish installing first solar arrays outside International Space Station
Science | Jun 21, 2021, 12:44 PM ISTNASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in their eighth spacewalk of the year outside the ISS deployed the new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the far end of the left (port) side of the station's backbone truss structure (P6).
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EXPLAINER: China prepares space station core module launch
Science | Apr 28, 2021, 02:40 PM ISTWhen completed by late 2022, Tianhe is expected to weigh about 66 tons, a fraction the size of the International Space Station, which launched its first module in 1998 and will weigh about 450 tons when completed.
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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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SpaceX capsules parked side-by-side at station for 1st time
Science | Dec 09, 2020, 12:14 PM ISTThe cargo Dragon will remain at the space station for a month, before parachuting into the Atlantic with science samples and discarded gear. The crew Dragon will stay up until spring.
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Russian spacewalk prepares space station for new module
Science | Nov 19, 2020, 02:58 PM ISTTwo Russian cosmonauts have conducted a six-hour 48-minute spacewalk to prepare the International Space Station for a new module.
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Space station turns into world-class laboratory in 20 years
Science | Nov 01, 2020, 09:13 PM ISTAs astronauts celebrate the 20th anniversary of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, NASA has said the orbiting laboratory has turned into a world-class facility for research which has conducted thousands of investigations from over 100 different countries.
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Breathtaking picture of the brightest comet in 7 years clicked from ISS shared by Russian Cosmonaut
Science | Jul 05, 2020, 11:15 AM ISTIn a day filled with celestial anomalies, a Russian Cosmonaut has shared an image of a comet taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The image is significant in more ways than one. The cosmonaut, Ivan Vagner, claimed that the comet -- C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) -- is the brightest comet in 7 years. And also, the tail of the comet is quite clearly visible from the image taken by Vagner.
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SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docks with space station
Science | May 31, 2020, 08:34 PM ISTThe SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley successfully docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the beginning of a new era in the US space programme.
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Russian cargo ship docked to International space station
Science | Apr 25, 2020, 02:32 PM ISTAmong the investigations on which the space station crew performed work during the week of April 20 included "Food Acceptability" which examines the effect of repetitive consumption of the somewhat limited selection of foods available during spaceflight.