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Since the late 1970s, NASA spacesuits have been designed with Maximum Absorbent Garment (MAG) layered adult diapers made of superabsorbent polymers.While astronauts on spacewalks relieve themselves inside their spacesuits, it is uncomfortable with reports of leaks and health issues such as...

Fort Collins, Only about 600 people have ever traveled to space. The vast majority of astronauts over the past six decades have been middle-aged men on short-duration missions of less than 20 days.Today, with the entry into the market of private, commercial and multinational spaceflight...

New Delhi, the Space Research and Exploration Agency and Blue Origin on Monday announced India as a partner nation in its human spaceflight program for citizens of countries that have sent few or no astronauts to space.SERA, a US-based agency, will offer citizens around the world six seats on...

SERA will offer citizens of India a seat on the future mission of Blue Origin's reusable rocket New Shepard on an 11-minute journey from the Karman Line (100 km), the internationally recognized boundary of space.Indian citizens will be part of the six seats that SERA and Blue Origin together...

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], On Saturday, for the first time, the Rotary Club of Coimbatore West organized an ultimate competition for students between 12 and 17 years of age.The competition was designed to highlight the importance of innovation in young minds.The students showed their...

Following multiple reports claiming that two astronauts sent to the orbiting laboratory on a Boeing Starliner spacecraft earlier this month are stranded after a suspected helium leak, NASA and Boeing officials said they will investigate before the astronauts return. Using the “luxury of time” to...

Washington, DC [USA], Projected to last only a few days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts on board is in limbo with no exact return to Earth announced .NASA Commercial Crew Program Director Steve Stich has said the US space agency is considering...

Colorado, More people than ever will go to space in the coming decade as human spaceflight enters a new era. NASA, the European Space Agency and other government agencies are partnering to develop crewed missions beyond the Moon.Additionally, these agencies are collaborating with private...

New Delhi, India and the US on Monday said they have concluded a strategic framework for human spaceflight cooperation to deepen interoperability in space and are working towards starting advanced training for ISRO astronauts at NASA Johnson Space Center. Are working.A fact sheet issued by the...

Chennai, Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are studying multi-drug resistant pathogens aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which may have important applications for the health of astronauts on Earth as well as in...

Washington, DC [US]: Indian-origin astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore entered the International Space Station on Friday morning, the US space agency said on Friday.NASA's Boeing Starliner carrying the two astronauts docked with the ISS at 1:34 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday after taking off...

She will spend about a week aboard the ISS with NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore.“Docking confirmed! @BoeingSpace's Starliner docked at the forward-facing port of the @Space_Station's Harmony module. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will spend about a week there. That feeling when...

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)...

With the license issued Tuesday, the 400-foot-tall Starship rocket with the Heavy booster is expected to lift off on June 6 from SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas."SpaceX met all safety and other licensing requirements for this test flight," FAA officials said...

Washington, DC [US], The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday said the next attempt to launch the Indian-origin pilot capsule of Boeing's Starliner to the International Space Station is now planned for June 5.This launch follows Saturday's inaugural test flight launch...

"NASA's BoeingSpace Crew Flight Test mission teams are preparing to support launch on June 5 at 10:52 a.m. ET," NASA said in a post on X.com.A second attempt at the mission on 1 June failed at the last minute.NASA said it was cleared as United Launch Alliance (ULA) mission officials...

Washington DC [US], The first manned flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft carrying Indian-origin Sunita Williams was aborted minutes before liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center.According to the US space agency NASA, the delay of 3 minutes and 50 seconds before takeoff was done by an...

The spacecraft, intended to carry NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Indian-origin Sunita Williams to the space station, lifts off on a Unite Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canavera Space Force Station in Florida on June 1. Expected to be filled."The NASA...

"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...