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…
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…
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…
US President Donald Trump had revealed his plan to bring back two astronauts, namely Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck in International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, due to Boeing’s faulty Starliner. Their flight journey was supposed to last 10 days. Sending out a hope for them, Trump had stated that…
NASA’s Expedition 72 cooked up a “space version of hot wings” to get answers to a BIG question: “Will they taste as hot in space as they do on Earth?” In a post on X on February 10, NASA astronauts Nick Hague shared a picture, saying he and Butch Wilmore prepared a âzero-g-friendly chicken with…
Astronauts Sunita Williams is set to undertake two spacewalks withing two weeks time. In a statement issued by NASA, Sunita Williams will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) along with Nick Hague to conduct spacewalk on January 16 to complete station upgrades. In addition to this, another station update will be done on January…
After NASA announced that there may be a long wait before two astronauts, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, could be brought back to Earth, the agency had a series of heated arguments with Boeing, a report has revealed. According to the New York Post, several meetings were organised by senior officials from both companies, and…
The undocking of the âuncrewedâ NASA Boeing Starliner ‘Calypso’ will take place on September 6 at the International Space Station (ISS), the space agency said. According to NASA’s blog post, the Starliner’s journey back to Earth is expected to take approximately six hours from undocking to landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico….
Sunita William stuck in space: The return spaceflight of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station is still stuck in a limbo. Sunita Williams‘ return to Earth was originally scheduled in June this year. But repeated glitches in Boeing Starliner spacecraft led to the extension of the space program for…
