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Artemis II explained: Why NASA’s this launch is more than a Moon mission, who the crew are and full 10-day timelineNASA's Artemis II mission, launching tomorrow, will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon, testing critical deep space s...
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore won’t return before March 19NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, far beyond their ...
How does space travel affect astronaut health?Space travel poses significant challenges to human health due to microgravity, radiation exposure, and psychological stress. Microgravity l...
India, US call for more collaboration in space exploration; launch new innovation bridgePrime Minister Modi and President Trump have hailed 2025 as a landmark year for US-India civil space cooperation. They discussed enhancing ...
India’s first analogue space mission kicks off in LehThe mission will simulate the extreme conditions of extraterrestrial environments, marking a milestone in India’s quest to advance human sp...
Gaganyaan not one-off mission, government approved sustained human spaceflight programme: ISRO officialAddressing the 'Be Inspired: Festival of Ideas' event here, Imtiaz Ali Khan, director of ISRO's Directorate of Human Spaceflight Programme,...
SpaceX capsule delivers latest four-member crew to International Space StationThe autonomously flying spacecraft dubbed Endeavour docked with the space station shortly after 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 GMT) on Friday, about 2...
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei breaks single longest spaceflight recordKudos to NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei! On Tuesday, 15th March 2022, Mark successfully broke the record of longest single spaceflight by an...
ISRO holds hot test of liquid propellant Vikas engine for 'Gaganyaan'The performance of the engine met the test objectives and the engine parameters were closely matching with the predictions during the entir...
First phase of payload selection for Gaganyaan done: ISRO chairman K SivanIsro plans to send a humanoid in the first of the two unmanned missions to space later this year using its most powerful rocket - Geosynchr...
NASA astronaut to set record for longest spaceflight by a womanNASA and its ISS partners have set a new schedule and new crew assignments that will include the first flight of NASA astronaut Jessica Mei...
- NASA to name crew of first Boeing, SpaceX flights on August 3
Washington, July 26 (IANS) NASA is set to announce the names of the astronauts assigned to the new commercial crew capsules from Boeing and...
- Why NASA sent human sperm to space
Washington, April 6 (IANS) With talk of space tourism and even trips to Mars, NASA has launched human sperm to the International Space Stat...
- Yoga may help astronauts fight spinal stiffness
New York, Oct 26 (IANS) Yoga offers a promising approach to fight spinal stiffness and reduced mobility that astronauts on long missions in...
ISS to be equipped with expandable habitat for first timeDuring its two-year test mission, astronauts will enter the module for a few hours several times a year to retrieve sensor data and assess ...
Spaceflight may age immune system in astronauts prematurelyFrippiat and colleagues in the study used a ground-based model called hindlimb unloading (or HU), that simulates some of the effects of spa...
Weightlessness in space causes blood shift in astronautsThe team of researchers found that the shift of blood and fluid from the lower to the upper body caused by weightlessness was much higher t...