Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is set to make history as the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) this year, will likely conduct at least three experiments, including research on muscle loss in space. Minister of State (MoS) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said … Read more
New Delhi: India’s space programme is limited only by the ambition of its people, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told NDTV Friday, in a free-wheeling interview that began with American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return from a nine-month stay in space. Mr Tyson – who also spoke about the government-to-private enterprise shift in the … Read more
New Delhi: Plastic cups and time to readjust to Earth’s gravity – that is what Sunita Williams, the American astronaut whose eight-day mission to the International Space Station extended to a nine-month stay, will need to recover, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told NDTV Thursday afternoon. But recover she, and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore, will, Mr … Read more
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams set multiple records as she returned from a nine-month space stay, becoming the woman to do the longest spacewalk and having stayed in space for the second longest cumulative duration for a NASA astronaut. However, space exploration was not her dream job as a child. Though she had an aptitude for … Read more
Home at last: After an unexpected nine-month stay in space, a pair of NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth on Tuesday, concluding a mission that captured global attention and became a political flashpoint. A SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship carrying Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams — alongside fellow American Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov … Read more
US President Donald Trump had promised to “rescue” NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore “stranded” in space and has kept his promise, said the White House, as the two astronauts returned to Earth early morning, at 3:27 am (IST). In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the White House shared the video of the … Read more
NASA astronaut and Crew-9 commander Nick Hague was the first to emerge from the Dragon capsule with the help of ground crew, almost an hour after the Dragon capsule splashed down off the Florida coast. Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov slid down a ramp coming out of the capsule next, followed by Sunita Williams and Butch … Read more
Four parachutes deployed as SpaceX’s Dragon splashed down in the sea off US’ Florida, marking the return of Sunita Williams and other members of the Crew-9 to Earth after nine months in space. As lakhs watched the YouTube live streaming of the long-awaited return of the astronauts, the NASA control room burst into applause as … Read more
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned home after their eight-day mission to the International Space Station turned into a nine-month-long ordeal to bring them back. They flew on a Boeing Starliner to space on June 5 last year and returned in SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft this morning. The space capsule deployed its parachute before … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who today began her return journey to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after being stranded there for more than nine months. In a letter dated March 1, which was shared by Union Minister Jitendra Singh on X … Read more