Space Station

August 24, 2024

Stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams to return from space next year

Washington: Two NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in June aboard Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA chief Bill Nelson said on Saturday, deeming issues with

June 27, 2024
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth delayed again

Originally slated to spend eight days on the orbiting space laboratory, the astronauts left Earth on June 5 and reached the ISS on June 6.
July 30, 2021
International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module: NASA

The module's jets inexplicably restarted, causing the entire station to pitch out of its normal flight position some 250 miles above the Earth.
August 23, 2020
A tiny asteroid may hit Earth on Nov 3, predicts NASA

A car-sized asteroid flew past our planet over the last weekend, in the closest flyby of such space rocks on record. Scientists hardly had any information about it until it departed.
December 04, 2019
Tired of vacations on Earth? Space hotels can offer you room in the sky

US space agency NASA announced in June that it plans to allow two private citizens a year to stay at the ISS at a cost of about $35,000 per night for up to a month.
May 10, 2019
Billionaire Bezos unveils moon lander mockup, embraces Trump's lunar timetable

Bezos, intent on moving Blue Origin closer to commercialization, underscored his broader vision of enabling a future in which millions of people live and work in space.

Space Station

Stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams to return from space next year

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth delayed again

International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module: NASA

A tiny asteroid may hit Earth on Nov 3, predicts NASA

Tired of vacations on Earth? Space hotels can offer you room in the sky

Billionaire Bezos unveils moon lander mockup, embraces Trump's lunar timetable