The International Space Station (ISS) posted a series of Earth images on the social media platform x. One of these images provides a stunning view of India from space, shining under a blanket of stars. Sharing photos on X (East Twitter), ISS captioned the post, “When you can see the stars above, the light of … Read more
Koichi Wakata, a veteran astronaut with decades of human spaceflight experience, recently posted a delightful moment from the International Space Station (ISS) on social media, which has caught the attention of Elon Musk. In the video shared on X, Wakata is seen playing solo baseball aboard the space station. “It’s baseball season – the MLB … Read more
New Delhi: Eight years before the Boeing Starliner suffered glitches, ensuring an extended stay on the International Space Station for nine months, NDTV had spoken to Sunita Williams and asked whether she thought flying on a privately built spacecraft could be risky. The Indian-origin astronaut, who had already begun collaborating with Boeing at the time, … Read more
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose eight-day mission turned into nine months on the International Space Station, are finally heading back to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. They have undocked from the ISS and are on their way. They began their journey at 10:35 am on Tuesday and are expected to land around … Read more
After spending over nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have finally embarked on their journey home. The duo departed the ISS this morning aboard the Dragon spacecraft. NASA confirmed that Crew-9 undocked at 10:35 am IST, sharing footage of the spacecraft detaching from the ISS. The return … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who today began her return journey to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) after being stranded there for more than nine months. In a letter dated March 1, which was shared by Union Minister Jitendra Singh on X … Read more
The 16-year-old daughter of stranded Starliner astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore has spoken up about her father’s extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS) and blamed “negligence” and “a lot of politics” for the prolonged mission. Mr Wilmore has been stuck in space since June 2024 along with Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams. Their mission, which … Read more
Washington: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore on Thursday stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) for 5.5-hour spacewalk, setting a new record, the US space agency said. This was Ms Williams’ ninth spacewalk and mR Wilmore’s fifth. Ms Williams now also holds a record of 62 hours, 6 minutes of total spacewalk … Read more