NASA Reportedly Plans to Use SpaceX Dragon to Bring Astronauts Stranded in Space Back to Earth

NASA Reportedly Plans to Use SpaceX Dragon to Bring Astronauts Stranded in Space Back to Earth

NASA is grappling with a significant challenge as two US astronauts, Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, find themselves stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Initially scheduled for an eight-day mission, their return has now been delayed to February due to technical problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which was supposed…

ISRO Chief Says NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Situation a Lesson for Gaganyaan Mission: Report

ISRO Chief Says NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Situation a Lesson for Gaganyaan Mission: Report

The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief S. Somanath has stated that the ongoing challenges faced by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been stuck in space for over 60 days, will provide valuable lessons for India’s Gaganyaan mission, as per a report. Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore…

What Happens When Astronauts Get Stuck in Space? Lessons from Recent ISS Mission

What Happens When Astronauts Get Stuck in Space? Lessons from Recent ISS Mission

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are facing an extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) due to unresolved issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Initially, their mission was set for eight days, but problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters have delayed their return indefinitely. The Starliner, which experienced leaks…

NASA to Provide Advanced Training to Indian Astronauts for Joint Mission to ISS, US Envoy Says

NASA to Provide Advanced Training to Indian Astronauts for Joint Mission to ISS, US Envoy Says

NASA will soon provide advanced training to Indian astronauts to send a joint mission to the International Space Station this year or shortly thereafter, US envoy to India Eric Garcetti has said. Garcetti made these remarks while speaking at the “US-India Commercial Space Conference: Unlocking Opportunities for US & Indian…

NASA to Provide Advanced Training to Indian Astronauts for Joint Mission to ISS, US Envoy Says

NASA-ISRO Working Together to Make India’s Space Station, Launch NISAR in 2024

Stepping up collaboration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday said the US was open to helping India build its own space station.  On a visit to India, Nelson said the US and India were working on plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space…

Space Travel Messes With the Human Brain, Reveals New NASA-Funded Study

Space Travel Messes With the Human Brain, Reveals New NASA-Funded Study

Space can be an unfriendly place for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology, from head to toe — head, of course, being a primary concern. A new NASA-funded study provides a deeper understanding of the issue. Researchers said on Thursday that astronauts who…

SpaceX’s Launch for Private Mission to ISS to Be Joined by Saudi Astronauts

SpaceX’s Launch for Private Mission to ISS to Be Joined by Saudi Astronauts

Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into…

SpaceX’s Launch for Private Mission to ISS to Be Joined by Saudi Astronauts

SpaceX Capsule Leaves ISS to Bring 4 Astronauts Back to Earth After 6 Months

The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA departed the orbiting outpost on Friday to begin their flight back to Earth, capping a science mission of nearly six months. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying three US NASA astronauts and an Italian crewmate…

Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World’s Total Mobiles in 2022: Report

Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World’s Total Mobiles in 2022: Report

More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain.  Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000…

SpaceX’s Launch for Private Mission to ISS to Be Joined by Saudi Astronauts

SpaceX to Fly First Space Tourist, Entrepreneur Dennis Tito, Around the Moon on Starship

SpaceX plans to announce two new space tourists slated to fly on the Starship rocket: Dennis Tito, the world’s first-ever space tourist in 2001, and his wife, Akiko.  The couple paid an undisclosed amount to fly around the moon on Starship once the vehicle is complete. They will travel with 10 other…