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SpaceX capsule will bring back Sunita Williams in February '25

After months of uncertainty, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, travelling in the SpaceX Dragon capsule, successfully docked with the International Space Station......

SpaceX begins mission to bring back Sunita Williams, Wilmore from ISS

SpaceX launched a reduced two-man crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying supplies and two empty seats for Starliner astronauts awaiting a return home in February after an......

SpaceX Crew-9 to fly with empty seats to bring back Sunita Williams

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than September 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission......

Stuck in space, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams says...

NASA astronauts Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore who travelled to the International Space Station on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft and were supposed to have returned to Earth last......

40 Years Since Rakesh Sharma's Space Flight

The Russian embassy marked the 40th anniversary of the first space flight by an Indian, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, with an exhibition at the Russian Cultural Centre in New Delhi. On April 3,......

Pixxel Gets An Order From NASA

This is the first deal by an Indian startup after the sector was opened to private companies in 2020. IMAGE: Pixxel founder and CEO Awais Ahmed and Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma during the 'Youth Sabha......

Growing crops in space, reaping the benefits on Earth

The ongoing experiments on Moon, Mars and elsewhere could translate into better crop yields and hardier plants that could thrive in inhospitable parts of the world, says Devangshu Datta. IMAGE:......

What connects Flipkart and extra-terrestrial life?

How much do you know Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, who has invested $ 100 million in a project to find extra-terrestrial life? Image: Russian billionaire Yuri Milner with wife Julia. Photograph......

Want a top gun ride? Use your credit card

Ever imagined that your credit card could fetch you a Hyndai Elantra, a trip to the Antartica, a gravity-defying experience, or a cruise on the river Nile - for free? Well, you can get them all if......

Fly to moon, for $100 million!

The company that pioneered commercial space travel by sending 'tourists' up to the International Space Station is planning a new mission: rocketting people around the far side of the moon.The price......

Priscilla to Poor Things On OTT This Week

There's a spate of book-to-screen adaptations dominating OTT streaming this week. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations.   PriscillaWhere to watch? MubiLanguage: English Sofia Coppola's......

Bollywood's SPACE adventures!

When it comes to courtship, Bollywood's romantics aim for the stars and moon. But when it comes to space travel, they develop cold feet. Neither Sushant Singh Rajput’s dream project,......

Bachchan honoured in Deauville

Amitabh Bachchan follows Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Pope John Paul IV as honorary citizen of Deauville, a small scenic town 200 kilometres from Paris. He was......

First Look: FIFA 2018 WC logo unveiled by Russian cosmonauts!

The FIFA World Cup logo unveiled in Moscow on Tuesday. Photograph: FIFA/Twitter FIFA boss Sepp Blatter unveiled the 2018 World Cup logo with cosmonauts in Moscow, which has a strong resemblance......

PHOTOS: Russian Winter Games kick-off with a glitch and goodwill

The 2014 Winter Games got off to a shaky start on Friday when one of the five Olympic rings failed to open at the start of the opening ceremony, meaning the symbol could not be illuminated with......

Russian torchbearer dies after carrying flame in Sochi relay

A torchbearer died of a heart attack after carrying the Olympic flame as part of Russia's torch relay leading up to the Sochi 2014 Winter Games in February, an official said on Monday. Vadim......

International space crew returns Olympic torch to earth

A Soyuz capsule carried an International Space Station crew of three back to Earth on Monday along with an Olympic torch that was displayed in open space as part of Russia's preparations for the......

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