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Singh gave this information after being asked about the country"s future plans with regard to space missions. He further informed that two or three astronauts of Indian origin will be spent in space after two trials that will be carried out before the final mission.
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Northrop Grumman names its the next CYGNUS spacecraft after former astronaut Kalpana Chawla who made history at NASA as the first female astronaut of Indian descent to go to space.
Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan who was the first American woman to walk in space scripted history after becoming the 8th person and the first woman to reach the lowest depths of the Earth called Challenger Deep located at the southern end of the Mariana Trench.
NASA confirms that the SpaceX and the agency are preparing for a historic launch of two astronauts on a rocket from Florida to the International Space Station ISS next week. The launch is set for Wednesday at 4:33 p.m. from launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The training of the four Indian astronaut-elects for India's first manned mission to space Gaganyaan resumed at Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Russia. The training was halted in March due to lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.
While congratulating ISRO, Namira Salim said, “the attempt to make a landing on the moon was itself a ‘giant leap’ for South Asia and as well as for the entire global space industry”.
20th July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first footstep on the lunar surface. In 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 launched; sending three representatives of mankind, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on the journey to the Moon and back.
Oleg Kononenko with the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques landed aboard Russia's Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft on Monday (June 24).
Today morning, Two astronauts suit up and head outside the International Space station for a spacewalk, but the two astronauts are not the duo we expected.
NASA’s astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain in International Space Station engaged their Friday morning conducting a spacewalk outside the station as a part of a comprehensive upgrade of space station’s power system.
2021 will be a busy year for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as it has set itself the target to send astronauts to space. The Gaganyaan project by the space agency will make India the fourth nation to independently send humans into space announced ISRO chief Dr K Sivan.
The United Arab Emirates has selected its first two astronauts to go on a mission to the International Space Station. Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum named the new astronauts as Hazza al-Mansouri, 34, and 37-year-old Sultan al-Neyadi. Writing on Twitter, he said the duo "raise the bar of ambitions for future Emirati generations".
Indian-origin US astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by NASA who will fly the first missions into space on commercially provided rockets and capsules, starting next year.
NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, retired on Friday less than a year after returning from her last and longest spaceflight.
The United States President Donald Trump showering praises on Indian-American woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla branded her as American Hero and inspiration for millions.
With an aim to boost the frequency of manned space missions, China is aggressively hiring civilians for the space programmes. They will be not only pilots, but also maintenance engineers and payload specialists for the space station project.
The colonization of space by humans is gaining more momentum with time. Astronauts are turning outer space a second home and making their out of world stay more entertaining. First badminton match outside the world, aboard the International Space Station, took place.
Astronauts have identified microbes in space for the first time which needs not be send to Earth for undergoing test. The International Space Station has identified microbes on space which can help the astronauts to diagnose and treat ailments in space in no time.
Spokesman Hogan Gidley said US President Trump's move is based on recommendations from the National Space Council.
Nobody knows what’s lying far beyond of our planet Earth. Will we ever know it? Is there any possibility? Well, maybe yes! NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos have announced a new partnership for human exploration of the moon and deep space. Both agencies signed a joint statement on cooperation at the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia.
