Washington: Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule that left two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station last year may need to fly a third uncrewed test flight before it carries astronauts again, agency officials said as the spacecraft’s first crew had to return to Earth on a SpaceX capsule this week. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and … Read more
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 early Wednesday morning, in SpaceX’s … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): Former ISRO Chief Dr G Madhavan Nair on Wednesday said that returning of National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut Sunita Williams to Earth after nine months at the International Space Station for nine months is a “proud moment” for the Space community. “It is a proud moment for all of us in the … Read more
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned home after their over nine-month extended stay at the International Space Station (ISS). NASA’s Crew-9 returned in SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:27 am (IST). SpaceX CEO Elon Musk congratulated SpaceX and NASA teams for “another safe astronaut return”. Musk … Read more