Tag: astronauts
Spacecraft With Three ISS Astronauts Returns To Earth
Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft that was carrying three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) successfully landed on Monday in Kazakhstan, Russian State Space Corporation said.....
SpaceX Sends 2 NASA Astronauts To ISS In Historic Mission
Scripting a historic chapter in the history of US space programme, Elon Musk-run SpaceX on Saturday sent two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard the reusable Falcon 9 rocket.....
NASA Astronauts Complete Power Upgrade Spacewalk
NASA has said two of its astronauts -- Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson -- have completed the first of two power upgrade spacewalks at 1:55 p.m. EST (12:25 a.m. Saturday, India time). ....
Three Chinese Astronauts Returned To Earth Safely In The Early Morning
The Shenzhou-18 crew consisting of three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely in the early morning on Monday, after completing a six-month mission at Tiangong space station.....
NASA Looks At Sending Two Astronauts Aboard Orion
Days after the US President Donald Trump promised to "unlock the mysteries of space", NASA has kicked off a study to assess the feasibility of adding a two-member crew to the first unmanned flight of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft called Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1).....
Astronauts Watch 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' In Orbit
Even as "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" continues its run in theatres across the world, it also got an audience at a place away from our home planet - the International Space Station (ISS).....
NASA Astronauts Complete 7 Hour-long Spacewalk
In the third spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover concluded their spacewalk after 7 hours and 4 minutes. ....
Picked For NASA’s 2021 Astronaut Class, Indian Origin Anil Menon Is SpaceX's First Flight Surgeon
Indian-origin Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force and SpaceX's first flight surgeon, has been selected by NASA among the 10 new astronauts who could fly to the Moon someday. ....
