Six years after missing out on historyâs first women-only spacewalk due to a shortage of medium-sized spacesuits, Colonel Anne McClain of the US Army finally ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday alongside Air Force Major Nichole Ayers. The pair, both military pilots, had journeyed to the orbiting laboratory in March to take…
Indian air force officer Shubhanshu Shukla, is set to create history by piloting NASA and ISRO’s joint space mission to the International Space Station later this year. According to a NASA statement last week, Shubhanshu Shukla will pilot its mission travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Florida âno earlier than spring…
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to travel to the International Space Station next month as part of an Axiom-4 mission, four decades after Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spaceflight onboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday (April 18, 2025). Mr. Singh…
Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Stationâs Harmony module and Boeingâs Starliner spacecraft in June 2024. | Photo Credit: NASA via AP The story so far: Early on March 19 (IST), a SpaceX capsule bearing…
With NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore finally returning to Earth after their prolonged nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the citizen engagement platform of Government of Gujarat took to X and shared some interesting facts about the Sunita Williams. Born on 19 September 1965 in US’ Ohio, Sunita’s father Deepak Pandya…
With NASA astronaut all set to return to earth from International Space Station (ISS), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his concern for the âdaughter of Indiaâ. âEven though you are thousands of miles away, you remain close to our hearts,â said PM Narendra Modiâs heartfelt letter sent to Sunita Williams through astronaut Mike…
Sunita Williams return: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally on their way back home to Earth, ending an extended nine-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS), but it seems that the space travel is not their biggest challenge left. While the journey back home is technical and precise, the SpaceX Dragon…
The stage is all set for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to finally set to return to Earth after spending nearly nine months at the International Space Station (ISS). Originally scheduled to stay at the ISS for a week in June last year, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore had to over nine months…
NASA will provide a live coverage of the agencyâs SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 17. You can check the schedule on https://www.nasa.gov/live NASA and SpaceX launched a crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) to…
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are all set to return to Earth after spending nearly nine months in space. The astronauts will return via the Dragon spacecraft of SpaceX by March 19. The replacement, Crew-10, docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, March 16. The amount the astronauts will make for…
