International Space Station
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Russia's cargo craft blasts off to International Space Station
Nov 17, 2018, 04:13 PM ISTIt will make 34 orbits of Earth before docking to the orbiting laboratory at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday.
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Indian astronaut may travel to International Space Station for training mission in 2022
Oct 03, 2018, 10:49 PM ISTIn his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced an ambitious mission of sending an Indian astronaut to space by 2022.
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SpaceX to launch Dragon spacecraft to resupply ISS
Jun 27, 2018, 11:11 AM ISTThe spacecraft is expected to reach the International Space Station on July 2.
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ISS deploys first satellite to collect space junk
Jun 25, 2018, 11:45 AM ISTThe satellite is one of the world's first attempts to tackle the build-up of dangerous space debris orbiting the Earth.
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NASA to monitor plant water use from space with new instrument
Jun 21, 2018, 01:53 PM ISTThe instrument will be called ECOSTRESS, or ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment and it will measure the temperature of plants from space.
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NASA and Roscosmos astronauts back on Earth after months in space
Feb 28, 2018, 02:52 PM ISTThe Soyuz spacecraft with NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed at 8.31 a.m. in Kazakhstan, NASA said.
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In a first, NASA scientists identify unknown microbes in space
Jan 02, 2018, 12:20 PM ISTFor the first time, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have identified microbes in space without having to samples back to Earth for tests.
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X-Mas tree, gifts and 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi': How NASA astronauts celebrated Christmas in space
Dec 26, 2017, 01:06 PM ISTThe crew also watched "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" during the weekend. Astronaut Mark Vande Hei tweeted a photo of the astronauts aboard the space station enjoying the flick.
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Germs colonise 17-year-old International Space Station
Dec 06, 2017, 02:31 PM ISTDavid Coil, the co-author of the study, says that the finding is actually "reassuring" because it is probably a signature of a healthy spacecraft.
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NASA preparing ISS for commercial spacecraft landing
World | May 25, 2015, 10:56 AM ISTWashington: NASA engineers are set to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for the future arrival of US commercial crew and cargo vehicles.On May 27, robotics flight controllers at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston
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Manned mission to international space station to be delayed: Roscosmos
World | May 07, 2015, 09:12 AM ISTMoscow: Russian federal space agency Roscosmos has said that the upcoming manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) would be re-scheduled due to the recent failure of the Progress M-27M cargo craft."The programme of
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NASA releases images of Earth taken from ISS to mark Earth Day
World | Apr 22, 2015, 03:12 PM ISTWashington: Celebrating the Earth Day, NASA has released some of the most gorgeous images and a stunning video of planet Earth as captured from the International Space Station (ISS).As part of its Earth Day programme,
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ISS to get its first coffee machine with SpaceX cargo
World | Apr 13, 2015, 02:33 PM ISTWashington: From "ISSpresso" coffee machine to improving LCD screens, a variety of research is headed to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the sixth SpaceX contracted resupply mission.All systems are "go" for the launch of
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NASA enters key partnerships for deep-space missions
World | Mar 31, 2015, 12:01 PM ISTWashington: The US space agency has selected 12 Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) to develop the exploration capabilities necessary to enable commercial endeavours in human exploration to deep-space destinations such as Mars.Through these
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Astronauts board space station for 1-year mission
World | Mar 28, 2015, 10:41 AM ISTBAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: Two Russians and an American floated into the International Space Station on Saturday, beginning what is to be a year away from Earth for two of them. Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly are
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Spacewalking astronaut safe after water leaks into helmet
World | Feb 26, 2015, 06:42 AM ISTCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Spacewalking astronaut ended up with unwanted water in his helmet Wednesday after breezing through a cable and lube job outside the International Space Station.The leak was scarily reminiscent of a near-drowning outside
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Boeing, SpaceX to offer cheaper ISS crew rides
World | Jan 27, 2015, 09:54 AM ISTHouston: NASA expects to save millions of dollars sending astronauts to the International Space Station once its commercial crew programme replaces Russian rocket rides in a couple of years' time, the US space agency said
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SpaceX shoots for launch to station, rocket landing on Barge
World | Jan 06, 2015, 07:50 AM ISTCape Canaveral: SpaceX is making another supply run to the International Space Station for NASA. But it's the rocket's return - not its takeoff - that has space fans talking.Minutes after today's planned launch from
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Wi-Fi may allow International Space Station robots to move around freely
Jan 02, 2015, 11:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Robots at the International Space Station may soon be able to move around freely with help from the ISS's existing Wi-Fi.Astronauts have shared the ISS with three small robots called SPHERES since 2006.The
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Merry Christmas, NASA astronauts say from space
World | Dec 25, 2014, 12:15 PM ISTWashington: The stockings are out, the tree is up and Christmas celebrations are on in the zero-gravity nest of astronauts in space.As astronauts continue advanced space research to benefit life on the Earth and in