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India delays 1st Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 2027
India's astronauts, or Gaganyatris, for the H1 and H2 missions were selected in Februrary 2024. They are Prasanth ...
Tuesday Telescope: After spacewalking, an astronaut strikes lightning
As they returned to the airlock, the Earth below started to put on a lightning show, and Ayers took note, mesmerized. A day ...
Jared Isaacman could be confirmed as NASA's next head. How the astronaut became a billionaire
Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has been to space twice and is Trump's pick to head NASA, could be one step closer to ...
Astronaut Anne McClain joins all-female spacewalk — 6 years after missing out over suit sizing issue
The first spacewalk was conducted in 1965, by Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. Nearly 20 years later, cosmonaut Svetlana ...
Gaganyaan Astronaut-Designate Ajit Krishnan Returns To IAF After Operation Sindoor
Group Captain Ajit Krishnan has returned to the Indian Air Force (IAF) after India launched Operation Sindoor against ...
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Operation Sindoor: IAF recalls Gaganyaan astronaut Ajit Krishnan amid India-Pakistan tensions
The Gaganyaan mission, spearheaded by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), aims to send three astronauts into low ...
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NASA has used the US military for astronaut rescue for decades. So why ask private companies for help now?
NASA says the change is part of the agency's "continued effort to enable a robust commercial industry and supports policy ...
'I feel like a little kid': NASA astronaut, 70, reflects on his 220-day mission
Veteran astronaut Don Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of research and captured over half a million photos during his ISS ...
Who gets to be called an astronaut? Private space travel has reignited debate over use of prestigious title
The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be ...
Hit and Miss with Monique Ming Laven: Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger
How do you go to the bathroom in space? How that question led one local woman to the International Space Station. New episode ...
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Musk Outlines The Questionable Reason He Wants To Get To Mars So Badly, NASA Astronaut Responds
"One of the benefits of Mars is life insurance for life collectively," Musk said in an interview with Fox News. "So ...