A Russian Soyuz capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe on Monday, bringing two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut back to Earth after a stint on the International Space Station (ISS).
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.
The test flight was expected to last a week or so, enough time for Wilmore and Williams to check out the capsule while docked at the station. But problems with the capsule's propulsion system, used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times.
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.
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.
A US Naval Academy and former astronaut, William Anders clicked the iconic 'Earthrise' photo that has become one of the influential photographs in modern history. He was celebrated as a national hero at a time when the US was locked in a space race with the erstwhile Soviet Union.
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.
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.
Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and commercial pilot, is one among the crew of six people who went to space of Blue Origin return flight. The mission was brief raising the count of the companies private astronaut headcount to 37.
PM Modi to embark on a two-day tour across Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra, focusing on inaugurating space sector projects, reviewing the Gaganyaan Mission, supporting MSMEs, and launching infrastructure initiatives.
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.
Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway lunar space station, remains on track for 2028. The first mission, Artemis II, was supposed to take place later this year but has been delayed now.
The 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.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 mission marked the first and most iconic lunar landing, while Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt's Apollo 17 mission was the last lunar landing, taking place from December 11 to December 14, 1972.
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The post received 53,000 Facebook 'likes' and 'loves' by Saturday and was accompanied by several photos of the newlyweds.
A video of astronauts tripping and falling on the moon has gone viral on social media. While the Internet might not be able to do a fact check of the video and find out if it is real or fake, there's no doubt about the fact that it is indeed hilarious.
"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.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully conducted the third long-duration hot test of the liquid propellant Vikas engine for the Gaganyaan programme, the country's first manned mission to space.
The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert. The launch was telecast live by the state-run CGTN-TV.
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