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NASA astronauts Anil Menon, Jessica Meir undertake spacewalk to upgrade space station

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NASA astronauts Anil Menon, Jessica Meir undertake spacewalk to upgrade space station

In this screengrab fom a video posted on Aug. 6, 2026, Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducts his first spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Photo: @NASA/YT via PTI Photo NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir on Friday (August 6, 2026) concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station to assemble the modification kit…

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Trump congratulates returned Artemis astronauts, says ‘next step, Mars!’

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Trump congratulates returned Artemis astronauts, says ‘next step, Mars!’

U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (April 11, 2026) praised the Artemis astronauts just after they splashed down in the Pacific and capped their journey around the Moon, as he looked ahead to the eventual goal of sending missions to Mars. “Congratulations to the Great and Very…

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Artemis II astronauts rocket toward moon after spending day around Earth

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Artemis II astronauts rocket toward moon after spending day around Earth

This image taken from video provided by NASA shows the Earth, left, from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it fired its engines heading toward the moon on Thursday, April 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: NASA via AP NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon on Thursday (April 2, 2026) night, breaking…

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NASA conducts successful rehearsal of Artemis 2 lunar launch

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NASA conducts successful rehearsal of Artemis 2 lunar launch

File photo shows Space Launch System (SLS), with the Orion crew capsule, stands at launch complex 39B as preprations continue for the Artemis 2 mission to the Moon at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral | Photo Credit: Reuters NASA on Thursday (February 19, 2026) said it successfully rehearsed the launch of its massive SLS…

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Four new astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace NASA’s evacuated crew

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Four new astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace NASA’s evacuated crew

Crew 12 mission astronauts, from left, pilot Jack Hathaway, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, commander Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophia Adenot, of France, leave the Operations and Checkout building before heading to pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The International…

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Four new astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace NASA’s evacuated crew

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Four new astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace NASA’s evacuated crew

Crew 12 mission astronauts, from left, pilot Jack Hathaway, Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, commander Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophia Adenot, of France, leave the Operations and Checkout building before heading to pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The International…

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Launch to ISS delayed again over weather: NASA

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Launch to ISS delayed again over weather: NASA

Media members walk by the press site video display showing NASA’s Crew-12 astronauts in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters NASA is now aiming to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday (February 13, 2026), in another delay over weather conditions, the U.S. agency announced. It…

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I will have FOMO: Just retired star astronaut Sunita Williams on Moon mission

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I will have FOMO: Just retired star astronaut Sunita Williams on Moon mission

Just retired NASA astronaut Sunita Williams said the upcoming Moon mission under the Artemis programme will give her FOMO (fear of missing out), even while she finds joy exploring Earth and all the places she glimpsed from up there in the sky. On the inaugural evening of the Kerala Literature Festival on Thursday (January 22,…

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