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Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Return From Space Delayed Due To Spacecraft Glitches

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The American space agency NASA has confirmed that the return of Indian origin astronaut Sunita Williams from the International Space Station (ISS) has been further delayed and no new date has been set for her “happy landing”. This comes as the spacecraft in which she travelled to space, the Boeing Starliner, has been facing a…

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Meet Ed Dwight, The First Black Man Trained As Astronaut To Go To Space After 63 Years

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On Sunday, Dwight will join five others on a space flight by Blue Origin. Ed Dwight, who is the first Black man to be trained as an astronaut, is set to become the oldest person to go to space at 90 years of age. Dwight in 1961 hoped to become the first Black astronaut in…

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India’s private space sector | History, start-up boom, policy liberalisation & ISRO’s role explained

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The story so far: As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) forays further into space with missions to the sun and the moon, with space telescopes, landers, and astronauts, the nation’s space sector is also expanding beyond ISRO. With the Centre allowing 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the space sector, the industry’s private players…

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Scientists untangle mystery about the universe’s earliest galaxies

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Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has provided an astonishing glimpse of the early history of our universe, spotting a collection of galaxies dating to the enigmatic epoch called cosmic dawn. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel Since beginning operations last year, the James Webb…

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