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China sends its youngest astronaut to 'Heavenly Palace' space stationIn an impressive display of technological prowess, China's Shenzhou-21 rocket has successfully lifted off, taking a diverse crew of astrona...31 Oct, 2025, 10.21 PM IST- Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space and ex-Foreign Minister, died at 76Marc Garneau, Canada's pioneering astronaut, is no more. He breathed his last at 76. Garneau was also a former foreign minister. He flew on...05 Jun, 2025, 06.32 AM IST
- China to train two Pakistani astronauts to participate in joint mission to its space stationChina Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced that two Pakistani astronauts will be selected for spaceflight training in China for a joint mis...23 Apr, 2025, 10.11 AM IST
- China's space station to welcome first foreign astronaut, Xinhua saysChina and Pakistan signed a cooperation agreement to select and train Pakistani astronauts for China's Tiangong space station. Pakistani as...28 Feb, 2025, 09.32 PM IST
- China says it's ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early WednesdayChina is ready to launch a new crew to its Tiangong space station, with two men and one woman taking over from the current astronauts. The ...29 Oct, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
- Chinese astronauts return to earth after six months in spaceChina built its own space station after being excluded from the International Space Station, largely because of US concerns over the Chines...01 May, 2024, 11.00 AM IST
- China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious programChina's space agency preps Shenzhou-18 crew for low-Earth orbit mission on Thursday with plans to reach the moon by 2030. Crew will conduct...24 Apr, 2024, 02.14 PM IST
- China says will train foreign astronauts for space station"We will soon begin to select candidates from those nations for joint flights to our space station, and they will be able to work with our ...28 Feb, 2023, 05.23 PM IST
- First astronauts arrive at China's space stationThe trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert, and their craft docked at t...17 Jun, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
- Explained: The significance of China's new space stationWhile China concedes it arrived late at the space station game, it says its facility is cutting-edge. It could also outlast the Internation...17 Jun, 2021, 03.14 PM IST
- China set to send first crew to new space station ThursdayThe three met with reporters Wednesday from inside a germ-free glassed-in room, hours before they are due to blast off on Thursday morning.16 Jun, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
- India-France sign agreement for cooperation on Gaganyaan missionThe agreement was announced during French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visit to the Indian Space Research Organisation's (IS...15 Apr, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
- Canadian PM Trudeau shuffles Cabinet after Indian-origin Sikh minister steps downBains, who was one of the four Sikh cabinet ministers appointed by Trudeau in 2015, also served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime...12 Jan, 2021, 11.31 PM IST
- Recalling India's forgotten astronauts in a year belonging to space missionsP Radhakrishnan and NC Bhatt were two more astronauts trained by NASA to fly on the Space Shuttle.04 Jan, 2020, 06.27 PM IST
- Suits from Vadodara, parachutes from Agra: Inside ISRO's plan to launch India's first astronautsIsro has kickstarted the process of selecting experiments that could be performed in the Low Earth Orbit.18 Jan, 2019, 12.41 PM IST
- Cheaper and lighter: 'Made in Gujarat' spacesuits to be used in GaganyaanThe firm gave the first glimpse of the space suit at the Futuristic Technology Exhibition inaugurated on Thursday at the Science City.18 Jan, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
- Five astronauts assigned to future ISS mission: NASAAstronauts Joe Acaba, Ricky Arnold, Nick Hague, Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Shannon Walker all have begun training for missions launching l...29 Mar, 2017, 01.01 PM IST
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