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Shubhanshu Shukla's Homecoming Highlights: Shux To Return To India On August 17
The Axiom-4 crew includes American astronaut Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski and Tibor Kapu.
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Shubhanshu Shukla Gets Rare Haircut In Space, With No Option For A Shower
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become the first Indian to get a haircut in micro-gravity, while he was at his home away from home, at the International Space Station.
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Astronauts Track Massive Dust Clouds over Canada and the US from ISS in June 2025
While conducting microgravity experiments and preparing for the Ax-4 crew, ISS astronauts documented massive wildfire smoke clouds drifting over Canada and the U.S., highlighting the station’s role in monitoring Earth-based environmental events from orbit. The smoke, seen from space, resulted from wildfires that triggered evacuations and impacted...
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Musk- Trump Feud Poses Serious Threat To NASA, Pentagon Programs: Report
Elon Musk's threat, which he later retracted, to cut off NASA's use of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft would be a huge blow to NASA, depriving the space agency of the only American vehicle capable of transporting astronauts to International Space Station.
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India's Astronaut Dream Takes Flight: Axiom Space Appoints Indian-Origin CEO
American space service provider Axiom Space has appointed Indian-origin Tejpaul Bhatia as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), days before Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to travel to the International Space Station.
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'What Your PM Told Me...': Neil deGrasse Tyson On India's Space Dreams
India's space programme is limited only by the ambition of its people, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told NDTV in an interview that began with American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's return from a nine-month stay in space.
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Sunita Williams Homecoming Highlights: 45-Day Rehabilitation For Astronaut; "Earth Missed You", Says PM Modi
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, after an unexpected stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months, have returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of the American state of Florida early on Wednesday.
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Sunita Williams' Homecoming Date Confirmed, Will Splash Down Off US Coast
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft.
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SpaceX Launches Mission To Bring Back Astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Stuck In Space
SpaceX today launched a rescue mission with two passengers on board, leaving two seats empty to return the American astronauts who have been stranded for months on the International Space Station, NASA said.
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What 9/11 Attacks Looked Like From Space: NASA Shares Haunting Image
On the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, NASA has released a letter from the only American astronaut in space at the time, Frank Culbertson, who was reflecting on witnessing the tragedy from the International Space Station (ISS).
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Kalpana Chawla's Death Weighed On NASA In Sunita Williams Decision
The death of Indian-origin American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others on February 1, 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia broke up and burnt as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere played heavily in the minds of NASA officials.
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Indian Astronauts, Set For Space Mission, Touch Down In US For Training
The Indian Gaganyatri's or astronaut designates set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) have reached the United States and joined their training at Houston based American commercial company Axiom Space.
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Sunita Williams, Safe On Space Station, To Address Earth On July 10
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is safe and continues helping with research and maintenance of the International Space Station, said American space agency NASA.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams' Return From Space Delayed Due To Spacecraft Glitches
The American space agency NASA has confirmed that the return of the 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".
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NASA Will Soon Provide Advanced Training To Indian Astronauts: US Envoy
NASA will soon provide advanced training to Indian astronauts, with the goal of mounting a joint effort to the International Space Station, a top American diplomat said Friday.
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Shubhanshu Shukla's Homecoming Highlights: Shux To Return To India On August 17
The Axiom-4 crew includes American astronaut Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski and Tibor Kapu.
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Shubhanshu Shukla Gets Rare Haircut In Space, With No Option For A Shower
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become the first Indian to get a haircut in micro-gravity, while he was at his home away from home, at the International Space Station.
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Astronauts Track Massive Dust Clouds over Canada and the US from ISS in June 2025
While conducting microgravity experiments and preparing for the Ax-4 crew, ISS astronauts documented massive wildfire smoke clouds drifting over Canada and the U.S., highlighting the station’s role in monitoring Earth-based environmental events from orbit. The smoke, seen from space, resulted from wildfires that triggered evacuations and impacted...
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Musk- Trump Feud Poses Serious Threat To NASA, Pentagon Programs: Report
Elon Musk's threat, which he later retracted, to cut off NASA's use of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft would be a huge blow to NASA, depriving the space agency of the only American vehicle capable of transporting astronauts to International Space Station.
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India's Astronaut Dream Takes Flight: Axiom Space Appoints Indian-Origin CEO
American space service provider Axiom Space has appointed Indian-origin Tejpaul Bhatia as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), days before Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to travel to the International Space Station.
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'What Your PM Told Me...': Neil deGrasse Tyson On India's Space Dreams
India's space programme is limited only by the ambition of its people, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told NDTV in an interview that began with American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's return from a nine-month stay in space.
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Sunita Williams Homecoming Highlights: 45-Day Rehabilitation For Astronaut; "Earth Missed You", Says PM Modi
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, after an unexpected stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months, have returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of the American state of Florida early on Wednesday.
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Sunita Williams' Homecoming Date Confirmed, Will Splash Down Off US Coast
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft.
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SpaceX Launches Mission To Bring Back Astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Stuck In Space
SpaceX today launched a rescue mission with two passengers on board, leaving two seats empty to return the American astronauts who have been stranded for months on the International Space Station, NASA said.
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What 9/11 Attacks Looked Like From Space: NASA Shares Haunting Image
On the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, NASA has released a letter from the only American astronaut in space at the time, Frank Culbertson, who was reflecting on witnessing the tragedy from the International Space Station (ISS).
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Kalpana Chawla's Death Weighed On NASA In Sunita Williams Decision
The death of Indian-origin American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others on February 1, 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia broke up and burnt as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere played heavily in the minds of NASA officials.
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Indian Astronauts, Set For Space Mission, Touch Down In US For Training
The Indian Gaganyatri's or astronaut designates set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) have reached the United States and joined their training at Houston based American commercial company Axiom Space.
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Sunita Williams, Safe On Space Station, To Address Earth On July 10
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is safe and continues helping with research and maintenance of the International Space Station, said American space agency NASA.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams' Return From Space Delayed Due To Spacecraft Glitches
The American space agency NASA has confirmed that the return of the 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".
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NASA Will Soon Provide Advanced Training To Indian Astronauts: US Envoy
NASA will soon provide advanced training to Indian astronauts, with the goal of mounting a joint effort to the International Space Station, a top American diplomat said Friday.
