This is when Sunita Williams will return to Earth

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station for over nine months, will return to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA announced in a statement. IMAGE:......

SpaceX Dragon docks with ISS to bring back stranded astronauts

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov docked......

NASA, SpaceX launch mission to bring Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore home

SpaceX and NASA have launched a mission to bring back United States astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS), where they have been stranded for nine......

Sunita Williams likely to leave Space Station on March 19

Indian-origin Astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to leave the International Space station by March 19 at the earliest, said NASA. IMAGE: Astronaut Sunita Williams.......

12 Indians among WEF's Young Global Leaders

As many as 12 Indians and 2 Indian Americans have been named as Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2011 by the World Economic Forum. The honour, bestowed each year by WEF, recognises up to 200......

Japan to launch solar powered spacecraft soon

Japanese scientists have developed a kite-shaped 'space yacht' that uses only solar power for propulsion. The spacecraft -- Ikaros -- would be launched into the space next month for a six-month......

Japan to resume supersonic jet test

Japan's space agency plans to launch an arrow-shaped airplane at twice the speed of sound high over the Australian outback as early as next month in a crucial test of the country's push to develop......

Space tech start-up Agnikul raises $11 mn funding

It is the largest funding round for a private Indian space technology company in the country. Billionaire and Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra along with top Silicon Valley investors Naval......