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New Delhi: Indian astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla is likely to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) as soon as May this year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in an update about Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4). Group Captain Shukla serves as the astronaut designate and Mission Pilot. Mr …

New Delhi: NASA Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague spoke to the press today about the future of NASA’s human space flight programme, after their recent return from the International Space Station (ISS). Mr Wilmore said they will carefully study and rectify all the issues they have …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Sunita Williams and the Crew-9 astronauts as they returned to Earth after over nine months of stay in space. “Welcome back, #Crew9! The Earth missed you,” PM Modi wrote on X (formerly Twitter) along with a picture with Ms Williams. NASA’s Crew-9 returned …

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ sister-in-law Falguni Pandya said she was shown a photo of the Maha Kumbh from the International Space Station (ISS). In an exclusive interview with NDTV, she said, “I talked to her (Sunita Williams) right before I travelled to Kumbh. I asked her if she can see …

New Delhi: Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ family today said they were “happy” that she has returned to Earth safely after an unexpected nine-month stay in space. “That moment was surreal,” Falguni Pandya, her sister-in-law, told NDTV, referring to the SpaceX Dragon spaceship, which brought back Ms Williams and her colleague Butch …

NASA astronaut and Crew-9 commander Nick Hague was the first to emerge from the Dragon capsule with the help of ground crew, almost an hour after the Dragon capsule splashed down off the Florida coast. Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov slid down a ramp coming out of the capsule next, followed …

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after an eight-day mission turned into a nine-month ordeal in space. The two astronauts came home with NASA’s Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, forming NASA/SpaceX Crew-9. Elon Musk’s SpaceX Dragon spacecraft brought the astronauts back home and splashed down …

According to retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, there is no special overtime salary for astronauts. Since they are federal employees, their time in space is treated just like any regular work trip on Earth. They continue to earn their regular pay, with NASA covering their food and living expenses on …

New Delhi: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who set out on what was supposed to be an eight-day mission, have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months due to unexpected technical issues. As they prepare to finally return to Earth aboard a SpaceX …

United States: A pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station were a step closer to returning home Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost. The astronauts were shown on live TV embracing and hugging their counterparts in zero gravity on …