Thursday, April 02, 2026

Astronauts

NASA Launches Artemis-2 Mission, Sends Astronauts Toward Moon After 50+ Years

IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Conferred Ashoka Chakra for Exceptional Courage in Space Mission

Boeing's Starliner on track to fly NASA’s Butch Wilmore & Suni Williams on May 6

NEW DELHI: After being delayed for about four years, Boeing's Starliner is now on track for its first manned mission on May 6, officials said.

IANS Interview: Set to fly to space, Captain Gopichand Thotakura wants Indian youth to dream big

NEW DELHI: Calling his journey from Vijayawada to become a space tourist an effort worth “little 2 cents”, Indian national Captain Gopichand Thotakura on Monday said his story will inspire the next generation in the country to dream big and fulfil their aspirations.

India's private space sector soared in last decade

NEW DELHI: In 2012, India had just one registered startup in the space sector -- Dhruva Space from Hyderabad. The country now has close to 200 space startups.

NASA selects 3 firms to develop vehicle to explore Moon's surface

San Francisco: The US space agency NASA has selected three companies — Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab — to develop a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that Artemis astronauts will use to travel around the Moon’s surface.

SpaceX's Falcon9 rocket aces 3 launches to space under 20 hours

NEW DELHI: SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket has successfully aced three major launches -- all under a span of 20 hours, the company said on Tuesday.

NASA sends next batch of astronauts to ISS

NEW YORK:NASA-SpaceX’s next batch of astronauts are enroute to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.

Modi first PM to visit ISRO’s VSSC in 4 decades, meets Gaganyaan astronauts

Thiruvananthapuram: Narendra Modi on Tuesday became the first Prime Minister to visit the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in four decades, where he met the four astronaut-designates of India's Gaganyaan Mission

US to land international astronaut on Moon by decade-end: Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON: The US will land an international astronaut on the Moon aboard NASA's Artemis mission by the end of the decade, said Vice President Kamala Harris during a meeting of the White House's National Space Council in Washington, DC.

Four IAF pilots selected as astronaut-designates for 2024 moon mission

Thiruvananthapuram: After the stellar success of its history-making Chandrayan-3 lunar mission, ISRO is going full throttle with its plans to send Indian astronauts for the first time on the moon by 2040, said Chairman S. Somanath.

 Russian module on ISS experiences leak, astronauts safe: NASA

WASHINGTON: The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are safe after the Russian module on the orbiting lab recently experienced a leak, NASA has said.

Incredible feat: Top US leaders celebrate India's lunar success

WASHINGTON:From Vice President Kamala Harris to Ambassador Eric Garcetti, top American leaders congratulated India for the historic touchdown of Chandrayaan-3 on the southern polar region of the moon, calling it an 'incredible feat'.

Education Minister and Govt School students congratulate ISRO scientists and nation for successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on Moon

Harjot Singh Bains along with Meritorious School schools witness the historic moment

Look forward to successful Moon landing: Rakesh Sharma, 1st Indian in space

NEW DELHI: As the nation awaits with bated breath the Chandrayaan 3 landing on Moon, Rakesh Sharma who is the first Indian in space, on Wednesday said that knowing the way ISRO functions, “I can proudly say that Chandrayaan 3 will have a safe landing”.

'We're cheering for you': Astronaut Sunita Williams on Chandrayaan-3 touchdown

NEW DELHI: Wishing Indians 'good luck', Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has said she will cheer for India as Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander module attempts a touchdown on the moon's surface on Wednesday.

Boeing postpones 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA to 2024

WASHINGTON: Boeing said that it has again stalled the first crewed flight of its Starliner capsule and it now plans to take off next year.

NASA recycles 98% of astronauts urine, sweat in space to drinking water

WASHINGTON: In a significant milestone, NASA said it was able to recycle about 98 per cent urine and sweat from astronauts aboard the International Space Station into drinking water -- an advance that can help it in upcoming missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Boeing stalls Starliner's 1st crewed flight over parachute & wiring issues

WASHINGTON: Boeing has stalled the first crewed flight of its Starliner capsule that was slated for July, over parachute and wiring safety issues, the company has said.

 Indian-origin robotics engineer to head NASA's new Moon to Mars office

WASHINGTON: Indian-origin software and robotics engineer, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA's new Moon to Mars Programme Office at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

Boeing 1st Starliner astronaut mission postponed to July: NASA

WASHINGTON: The first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner has been again pushed till July, NASA has announced.

'Boost for ISRO's human space mission': India's LVM3 rocket places 36 OneWeb satellites in orbit

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh):Indian heavy lift rocket LVM3 successfully placed the 36 satellites of UK-based Network Access Associates Ltd (OneWeb) in low earth orbit (LEO) on Sunday morning, the Indian space agency said.

US proposes $175K fine on Musk's SpaceX for failure to give launch data

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $175,000 civil penalty against Elon Musk-run SpaceX for failure to submit launch collision analysis trajectory data directly to the agency.

NASA picks Axiom Space to deliver spacesuits for astronauts' moon walk

WASHINGTON: the US space agency has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for astronauts for the Artemis III mission, which will land Americans on the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.

NASA, Axiom Space to send private astronauts to ISS in 2023

WASHINGTON: NASA and American space infrastructure developerAxiom Space have signed a pact for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, to take place in the second quarter of 2023.

NASA's SpaceX crew-4 mission enroute to ISS with 3 NASA & 1 ESA astronaut

WASHINGTON: SpaceX on Wednesday for the fourth time launched an international crew of four astronauts from NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) on a science expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).

Bezos offers NASA $2 bn discount for human lunar lander mission

San Francisco:Fresh from his trip to the edge of space, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has offered NASA a discount of up to $2 billion to give his space company Blue Origin the human lunar landing system (HLS) contract, won by Elon Musks SpaceX earlier this year.

NASA celebrates 100th birthday of 1st American to orbit the planet

WASHINGTON: The US space agency on Saturday celebrated the 100th birthday of astronaut John Glenn who changed the history of spaceflight, becoming the first American to orbit the planet.

Branson-Bezos space tourism rivalry gets nastier before flight

NEW DELHI: Before they open the lucrative space tourism business to the public, Richard Branson-owned Virgin Atlantic and Jeff Bezos-led Blue origin are fighting and the online feud has only turned ugly this time.

First human rated test flight for India's Gaganyaan not in 2021

CHENNAI: The first test flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mk III (GSLV Mk III) that will carry the Indian astronauts to the space later will not happen this year owing to Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown, said a top official of Indian space agency.

NASA rover to search for water, other resources on Moon in 2023

WASHINGTON: The US space agency has announced its first mobile robot to the Moon in late 2023 in search of ice and other resources on and below the lunar surface.

China launches core module for new space station

BEIJING: China on Thursday sent into space the core module of its space station, kicking off a series of key launch missions that aim to complete the construction of the station by the end of next year, the media reported.

SpaceX wins $2.9bn NASA contract to build moon lander

NEW YORK: NASA has picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday.

SpaceX Crew Dragon returns with 2 NASA astronauts

WASHINGTON: Two NASA astronauts have safely returned to Earth from the International Space Station onboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, marking the completion of a historic flight called demonstration (Demo-2) mission.

SpaceX capsule set to return 2 NASA astronauts from space station

WASHINGTON: The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station two months ago was set to depart the orbiting laboratory on Saturday.

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