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SpaceX Capsule, Stranded Sunita Williams’ Ride Home, Docks At Space Station

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SpaceX Capsule, Stranded Sunita Williams’ Ride Home, Docks At Space Station

Washington: The SpaceX crew that will ferry back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station docked with the orbiting laboratory Sunday, a live stream of the mission showed. The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 1:17 pm (1717 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, with the Crew-9 mission on a Dragon spacecraft making…

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Space X To Bring Back Sunita Williams On Way To International Space Station

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Space X To Bring Back Sunita Williams On Way To International Space Station

Washington: The NASA-SpaceX spacecraft, carrying Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague (commander) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (mission specialist), was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, in a mission that aims to bring stranded Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams back to Earth in February next year. The NASA-SpaceX mission safely reached…

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‘Stranded’ Sunita Williams Now Commands International Space Station

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‘Stranded’ Sunita Williams Now Commands International Space Station

New Delhi: Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is now commander of the International Space Station. She was in space on an eight-day mission that had to be extended to over eight months because the Boeing Starliner spacecraft she travelled in faced technical glitches. NASA has announced that Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko handed over the command…

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Sunita Williams Could Have Returned On Starliner. Why She Didn’t

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Sunita Williams Could Have Returned On Starliner. Why She Didn’t

Last month, NASA decided Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore would return in February. Los Angeles, United States: A US astronaut stuck on the International Space Station said Friday he believed Boeing’s Starliner could have carried him home if more time had been available to work through the beleaguered spacecraft’s issues. Last week, Barry “Butch” Wilmore…

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What 6 Months In Space Can Do To Perception Of Time

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What 6 Months In Space Can Do To Perception Of Time

Sunita Williams is currently stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), waiting to return to Earth. Two astronauts marooned in space may sound like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for two NASA crew members, it is now a reality. Commander Barry Wilmore and pilot Sunita Williams are currently in limbo on the International…

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US To Train Indian Astronaut For International Space Station: NASA Chief

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US To Train Indian Astronaut For International Space Station: NASA Chief

US and India to work on a “joint effort” aboard the International Space Station. Washington: NASA administrator Bill Nelson has said that the US space agency will expand collaboration with India and it will include a “joint effort” aboard the International Space Station with an Indian astronaut. Nelson’s comments came after a fact sheet issued…

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