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  Indian astronaut may travel to International Space Station for training mission in 2022

  Science | October 03, 2018 22:49 IST

  In 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

  Science | June 27, 2018 11:11 IST

  The spacecraft is expected to reach the International Space Station on July 2.

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  ISS deploys first satellite to collect space junk

  Science | June 25, 2018 11:45 IST

  The 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

  Science | June 21, 2018 13:53 IST

  The 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

  Science | February 28, 2018 14:52 IST

  The 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

  Science | January 02, 2018 12:20 IST

  For 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

  Science | December 26, 2017 13:06 IST

  The 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

  Science | December 06, 2017 14:31 IST

  David 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 IST

  Washington: 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 9:12 IST

  Moscow: 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 | April 22, 2015 15:12 IST

  Washington: 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 | April 13, 2015 14:33 IST

  Washington: 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 | March 31, 2015 12:01 IST

  Washington: 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 | March 28, 2015 10:41 IST

  BAIKONUR, 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 | February 26, 2015 6:42 IST

  CAPE 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 | January 27, 2015 9:54 IST

  Houston: 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 | January 06, 2015 7:50 IST

  Cape 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

  January 02, 2015 11:21 IST

  New 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 | December 25, 2014 12:15 IST

  Washington: 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

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  NASA to develop gecko-inspired gripping tools

  World | December 20, 2014 11:29 IST

  Washington: NASA scientists are working on adhesive gripping tools that could tackle objects such as orbital debris or defunct satellites that would otherwise be hard to handle.“Orbital debris is a serious risk to spacecraft including