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NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Retires After 27 Years of Space Service
NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams will retire in December 2025 after nearly three decades of service. A veteran of three space missions, she logged 608 days in orbit, led the ISS twice, and set records that continue to shape human spaceflight and future Artemis missions.
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NASA Selects 10 New Astronauts to Support Future Moon and Mars Missions
NASA has unveiled its 2025 astronaut class, selecting 10 candidates from over 8,000 applicants. For the first time, women make up the majority. Their training will prepare them for missions to the ISS, Artemis lunar exploration, and ultimately crewed missions to Mars, supporting NASA’s bold long-term spaceflight goals.
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Women Outnumber Men Picked For NASA's Astronaut Class, First In 6 Decades
NASA's next class of 10 astronaut candidates includes more women than men for the first time in the space agency's more than 60-year history.
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NASA’s McClain, Ayers Wrap Up All-Female Spacewalk to Power Up ISS
On May 1, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers carried out the fifth all-female spacewalk, working for nearly six hours outside the ISS. They assembled hardware for upcoming solar arrays and relocated an antenna used by Cygnus cargo ships. The EVA sets the stage for a 30% power boost to the station. While some tasks were postponed due to ...
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India Pays Tribute To Kalpana Chawla On Her Birth Anniversary
Kalpana Chawla was India's daughter who dared to dream beyond stars, said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while paying tribute to the Indian-origin NASA astronaut on Monday on her birth anniversary.
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NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Health Deteriorates Amid Extended ISS Mission, New Photo Raises Concern
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, stranded on the ISS since early June due to Boeing’s Starliner malfunction, has sparked health concerns after a recent photo showed visible weight loss. Dr Vinay Gupta, a Seattle-based pulmonologist, highlighted signs of potential caloric deficit and physiological stress caused by prolonged time in space. Williams...
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Sunita Williams' 3rd Mission To Space Called Off Minutes Before Lift-Off
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, the poster girl for women aspiring to fly into space, was set to reach for the skies again today in a brand-new spacecraft, but it did not happen as planned.
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NASA Astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s Unseen Images Turned to NFTs for Women’s Day Auction
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, a collection of Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s NFTs will be made live on Beyondlife.Club marketplace. The collection will have 250 pieces drawn out of 10 unseen pictures of Chawla.
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Blue Origin: Trailblazing Female Pilot Will Go to Space at Age 82 With Jeff Bezos
Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA's astronaut training programme in the 1960s, on the first crewed flight into space from his rocket company Blue Origin later this month.
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NASA Selects Indian-American Astronaut Raja Chari For Manned Mission To Moon
Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 18 astronauts, half of them women, who have been selected by NASA for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond.
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NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Retires After 27 Years of Space Service
NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams will retire in December 2025 after nearly three decades of service. A veteran of three space missions, she logged 608 days in orbit, led the ISS twice, and set records that continue to shape human spaceflight and future Artemis missions.
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NASA Selects 10 New Astronauts to Support Future Moon and Mars Missions
NASA has unveiled its 2025 astronaut class, selecting 10 candidates from over 8,000 applicants. For the first time, women make up the majority. Their training will prepare them for missions to the ISS, Artemis lunar exploration, and ultimately crewed missions to Mars, supporting NASA’s bold long-term spaceflight goals.
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Women Outnumber Men Picked For NASA's Astronaut Class, First In 6 Decades
NASA's next class of 10 astronaut candidates includes more women than men for the first time in the space agency's more than 60-year history.
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NASA’s McClain, Ayers Wrap Up All-Female Spacewalk to Power Up ISS
On May 1, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers carried out the fifth all-female spacewalk, working for nearly six hours outside the ISS. They assembled hardware for upcoming solar arrays and relocated an antenna used by Cygnus cargo ships. The EVA sets the stage for a 30% power boost to the station. While some tasks were postponed due to ...
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India Pays Tribute To Kalpana Chawla On Her Birth Anniversary
Kalpana Chawla was India's daughter who dared to dream beyond stars, said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while paying tribute to the Indian-origin NASA astronaut on Monday on her birth anniversary.
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NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Health Deteriorates Amid Extended ISS Mission, New Photo Raises Concern
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, stranded on the ISS since early June due to Boeing’s Starliner malfunction, has sparked health concerns after a recent photo showed visible weight loss. Dr Vinay Gupta, a Seattle-based pulmonologist, highlighted signs of potential caloric deficit and physiological stress caused by prolonged time in space. Williams...
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Sunita Williams' 3rd Mission To Space Called Off Minutes Before Lift-Off
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, the poster girl for women aspiring to fly into space, was set to reach for the skies again today in a brand-new spacecraft, but it did not happen as planned.
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NASA Astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s Unseen Images Turned to NFTs for Women’s Day Auction
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, a collection of Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s NFTs will be made live on Beyondlife.Club marketplace. The collection will have 250 pieces drawn out of 10 unseen pictures of Chawla.
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Blue Origin: Trailblazing Female Pilot Will Go to Space at Age 82 With Jeff Bezos
Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA's astronaut training programme in the 1960s, on the first crewed flight into space from his rocket company Blue Origin later this month.
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NASA Selects Indian-American Astronaut Raja Chari For Manned Mission To Moon
Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 18 astronauts, half of them women, who have been selected by NASA for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond.
