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Indian Astronaut Will Pilot Mission To International Space Station: Axiom Space
The ISRO-NASA joint astronaut mission, which will see an Indian travelling to the International Space Station for the first time, is targeting a spring 2025 launch (between April and June next year).
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ISRO Chief Says NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Situation a Lesson for Gaganyaan Mission: Report
The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief S. Somanath has stated that the ongoing challenges faced by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been stuck in space for over 60 days, will provide valuable lessons for India's Gaganyaan mission, as per a report. Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have encountered difficulties with...
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Sunita Williams May Have To Wait Months In Space. What NASA Is Planning Now
Projected to last only days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts onboard faces uncertainty with no exact return to Earth announced.
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Sunita Williams Scripts History As She Rockets Into Space Onboard Boeing Starliner
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams rocketed into space creating history as the first woman to test a spacecraft on its maiden mission, which she incidentally helped design over the last decade. Ms Williams overflew India on her way to space.
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Yoga In Space? Rakesh Sharma On Being The World's First 'Antariksh Yogi'
Besides being the only person from India to have spent time in space, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma also has the distinction of being the first person to practise the ancient Indian discipline in space, making him the first 'Antariksh Yogi'.
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"Indian Astronauts In India-Made Rocket...": Top Space Official On Gaganyaan
The Gaganyaan manned space flight mission will launch "Indian astronauts into space from Indian soil on an India-made rocket", Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, the head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala, told NDTV in a special interview.
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Woman Robot Astronaut Vyommitra To Simulate Human Functions In Space
India's woman robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ambitious Gaganyaan mission, the country's first manned space flight carrying Indian astronauts.
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Astronauts Ready For Gaganyaan Mission In 2025: ISRO Chief
Indian Space Research Organisation chairman S Somanath said in Gandhinagar on Saturday that the astronauts selected for India's first human space flight programme Gaganyaan are ready and waiting for the flight to happen for the 2025 mission.
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NASA-ISRO Working Together to Make India's Space Station, Launch NISAR in 2024
Stepping up collaboration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday said the US was open to helping India build its own space station. On a visit to India, Nelson said the US and India were working on plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of next year, while the In...
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Gaganyaan Mission: All You Need to Know About India's First Human Spaceflight
The Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday morning launched the first of a series of test flights for the Gaganyaan Mission 2025. ISRO's latest endeavour will see India sending astronauts into space in 2025 but before that
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When And Where To Watch ISRO's First Test Vehicle Mission For Gaganyaan
The maiden flight test will be a "short-duration mission" that will examine the crew module, scheduled to house Indian astronauts during the human spaceflight late next year.
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"He Got The Space, I Got The Universe": Sushmita Sen's Miss Universe Win Had A Rakesh Sharma Connection
The actress revealed that she was inspired by the first Indian to travel in space— astronaut Rakesh Sharma
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ISRO to Conduct First Test Flight of Gaganyaan Mission in February Next Year
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will start a series of test flights for India's maiden human space flight mission from February next year, a senior official said on Thursday. The space agency also plans to deploy the heavy lift Chinook helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft for testing the crew module, which will carry...
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ISRO Ropes in Doctors to Build Human-Rated Spacecraft for India’s Gaganyaan Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation is taking help of doctors in building its human-rated spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission. This will be India's first human spaceflight to take astronauts into a low earth orbit.
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Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: 10 Interesting Facts About The Astronaut
As a child, Kalpana Chawla was fascinated by aircraft. When she grew up, Kalpana Chawla fulfilled her desire to be an astronaut and became the first Indian woman to go to space.
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Indian Astronaut Will Pilot Mission To International Space Station: Axiom Space
The ISRO-NASA joint astronaut mission, which will see an Indian travelling to the International Space Station for the first time, is targeting a spring 2025 launch (between April and June next year).
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ISRO Chief Says NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Situation a Lesson for Gaganyaan Mission: Report
The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief S. Somanath has stated that the ongoing challenges faced by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been stuck in space for over 60 days, will provide valuable lessons for India's Gaganyaan mission, as per a report. Williams and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore have encountered difficulties with...
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Sunita Williams May Have To Wait Months In Space. What NASA Is Planning Now
Projected to last only days, the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two astronauts onboard faces uncertainty with no exact return to Earth announced.
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Sunita Williams Scripts History As She Rockets Into Space Onboard Boeing Starliner
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams rocketed into space creating history as the first woman to test a spacecraft on its maiden mission, which she incidentally helped design over the last decade. Ms Williams overflew India on her way to space.
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Yoga In Space? Rakesh Sharma On Being The World's First 'Antariksh Yogi'
Besides being the only person from India to have spent time in space, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma also has the distinction of being the first person to practise the ancient Indian discipline in space, making him the first 'Antariksh Yogi'.
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"Indian Astronauts In India-Made Rocket...": Top Space Official On Gaganyaan
The Gaganyaan manned space flight mission will launch "Indian astronauts into space from Indian soil on an India-made rocket", Dr Unnikrishnan Nair, the head of the elite Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Kerala, told NDTV in a special interview.
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Woman Robot Astronaut Vyommitra To Simulate Human Functions In Space
India's woman robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ambitious Gaganyaan mission, the country's first manned space flight carrying Indian astronauts.
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Astronauts Ready For Gaganyaan Mission In 2025: ISRO Chief
Indian Space Research Organisation chairman S Somanath said in Gandhinagar on Saturday that the astronauts selected for India's first human space flight programme Gaganyaan are ready and waiting for the flight to happen for the 2025 mission.
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NASA-ISRO Working Together to Make India's Space Station, Launch NISAR in 2024
Stepping up collaboration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday said the US was open to helping India build its own space station. On a visit to India, Nelson said the US and India were working on plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station by the end of next year, while the In...
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Gaganyaan Mission: All You Need to Know About India's First Human Spaceflight
The Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday morning launched the first of a series of test flights for the Gaganyaan Mission 2025. ISRO's latest endeavour will see India sending astronauts into space in 2025 but before that
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When And Where To Watch ISRO's First Test Vehicle Mission For Gaganyaan
The maiden flight test will be a "short-duration mission" that will examine the crew module, scheduled to house Indian astronauts during the human spaceflight late next year.
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"He Got The Space, I Got The Universe": Sushmita Sen's Miss Universe Win Had A Rakesh Sharma Connection
The actress revealed that she was inspired by the first Indian to travel in space— astronaut Rakesh Sharma
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ISRO to Conduct First Test Flight of Gaganyaan Mission in February Next Year
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will start a series of test flights for India's maiden human space flight mission from February next year, a senior official said on Thursday. The space agency also plans to deploy the heavy lift Chinook helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft for testing the crew module, which will carry...
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ISRO Ropes in Doctors to Build Human-Rated Spacecraft for India’s Gaganyaan Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation is taking help of doctors in building its human-rated spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission. This will be India's first human spaceflight to take astronauts into a low earth orbit.
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Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: 10 Interesting Facts About The Astronaut
As a child, Kalpana Chawla was fascinated by aircraft. When she grew up, Kalpana Chawla fulfilled her desire to be an astronaut and became the first Indian woman to go to space.
