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Kochi, India's "audacious" goals and ruthless mindset were instrumental in achieving its lunar mission by outpacing bigwigs like Russia, Japan and the United States, former NASA astronaut and technology executive Steve Lee said on Thursday. Smith.Smith was referring to the country's...

Grand Forks, for about 15 minutes on July 21, 1961, American astronaut Gus Grissom felt on top of the world... and indeed he was.Grissom crewed the Liberty Bell 7 mission, a ballistic test flight that launched him through the atmosphere from a rocket. During the test, he sat inside a small...

Los Angeles, Hollywood actor Kristen Stewart is all set to make her series debut with Amazon MGM Studios' "The Challenger".In the series, Stewart will play astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, who became the first American woman to fly in space, reports entertainment news outlet Deadline...

SAN JUAN ISLANDS (WASHINGTON) [US] Famed NASA astronaut and groundbreaking Apollo 8 crew member William Anders died in a plane crash in Washington state, his son Gregory Anders confirmed, CNN reported.The 90-year-old space pioneer died untimely in a plane crash in the San Juan Islands."My...

Houston, Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams suddenly started dancing as soon as she entered the International Space Station and welcomed 'bell rings' with her colleague Butch Wilmore as per US Navy tradition.Williams, 58, flew to space for the third time with Wilmore, 61, on Wednesday and...

The capsule carrying NASA astronauts was expected to reach the orbiting space laboratory at 9.45 pm. on Thursday.Starliner will then approach the space station for docking at the port on the forward side of the Harmony module.Sunita was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and is a...

Washington DC [US], Indian-American astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams-piloted spacecraft carrying fellow NASA astronaut Barry 'Butch' Williams lifted off from the International Space Station (ISS) in a test from the Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida on Wednesday. Was launched towards ISS)...

Houston: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams on Wednesday flew to space for the third time with a colleague and created history by becoming the first member of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to go to the International Space Station.Boeing's Crew Flight Test mission carrying Williams and...

Houston: Boeing's first crewed spacecraft, piloted by Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, is expected to be launched between June 1 and June 5 after the flight was postponed earlier this month due to a technical glitch. ,Williams, 58, will fly into space for the third time in a test...

Mumbai, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said that the US will send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of this year.Garcetti said on Wednesday that the NISAR project, a joint Earth-observing mission between the US space agency NAS and the Indian Space...

Mumbai: The US will send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of the year, US envoy to India Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday.He said the NISAR project, a joint Earth-observation mission between US space agency NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)...

Washington, DC [US], Indian expatriate Gopi Thotakura created history as he became the first Indian space tourist and second Indian to fly to space for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. Blue Origin on Sunday successfully completed its seventh manned space flight and the...

"The world doesn't need another capsule," the tech billionaire said in a post on X.com."What matters is having a fully reusable rocket and spacecraft," he said.His comments come as Boeing on Friday canceled the Starliner manned mission that was expected to launch NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore...

Washington: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is set to fly into space for the third time on Tuesday as a pilot in the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.Boeing's Starliner will fly to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Starliner will...

Washington [US], Indian-origin astronaut Captain Sunita Williams and her fellow veteran NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore are set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday aboard a new spacecraft, the Boeing Starliner. The pair will launch into space. Starliner's first crewed test...