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Sunita Williams’ Piloted Starliner’s Debut Crew Launch To Space Pushed To June

May 23, 2024 admin

The Starliner spacecraft will be catapulted into space on a Atlas 5 rocket. Washington DC: US space agency NASA on Thursday announced that the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, piloted by Indian-origin Sunita Williams to the International Space Station (ISS), is now being targeted for June 1. Mission managers from NASA, Boeing, and…

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Russia Says US Wants To Place Weapons In Space

May 21, 2024 admin

Both countries ferry each other’s crew members to and from the International Space Station Moscow: Russia on Tuesday said the United States was seeking to place weapons in space, the latest accusation in an ongoing row that comes a day after Washington vetoed a Russian non-proliferation motion at the United Nations. “They have once again…

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Why is NASA allotting a standard time for the moon?

May 7, 2024 admin

The story so far: In September 2025, NASA’s four-member Artemis crew is scheduled fly around the moon in preparation for the space agency’s mission to land on the moon again. To boost such scientific missions, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on April 2, directed its space agency, the National Aeronautics…

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Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 Spacecraft Docks To International Space Station, 4 Days After Delayed Launch

March 25, 2024 admin

“Soyuz MS-25 has docked to the ISS,” Roscosmos said. Moscow: Russia’s Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station Monday, four days after its launch was delayed due to a technical issue, the Roscosmos space agency said. On board is Belarus’ first female cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya, experienced Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and US…

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Russian Soyuz MS-25 Spacecraft Launch To ISS Cancelled At Last Minute

March 21, 2024 admin

The spacecraft was meant to carry Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to ISS Moscow: The launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which was meant to carry Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS), was cancelled at the last minute on Thursday. “Launch!” mission control said…

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SpaceX launches eighth long-duration crew for International Space Station orbit

March 5, 2024 admin

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in this time-exposure photo, from Launch Pad 39A Sunday, March 3, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) | Photo Credit: Chris O’Meara A SpaceX rocket safely lifted off from Florida…

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Russia Aims To Have Its Own Space Station By 2027

October 27, 2023 admin

ISS is now 25 years old (Representational) Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the first segment of Russia’s new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the next logical development in space exploration after the International Space Station (ISS), should be put into operation by 2027. In a meeting with space industry officials, Putin also…

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China to double size of space station, touts alternative to NASA-led ISS

October 6, 2023 admin

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an image captured off a screen at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the Shenzhou-15 and Shenzhou-14 crew taking a group picture with their thumbs up after a historic gathering in space on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP China plans to…

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Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space. NASA’s Frank Rubio sets US space record

September 28, 2023 admin

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. | Photo Credit: Reuters A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record for…

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New crew for the space station launches with 4 astronauts from 4 countries

August 26, 2023 admin

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov launch to the International Space Station as Crew-7 on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Four astronauts from four countries rocketed…

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