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NASA Astronauts Williams and Wilmore Complete Successful Spacewalk to Remove Faulty Unit
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore successfully completed a 5-hour and 26-minute spacewalk on January 30, 2025, to remove a faulty radio frequency group (RFG) from the International Space Station (ISS). Despite several failed attempts in 2023 and 2024, their persistence paid off, marking a significant achievement. Williams also set a...
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US' Most Experienced Astronaut Will Be Commander For Indian's Spaceflight
A trained biochemist and America's most experienced astronaut, 64-year-old Dr Peggy Annette Whitson, is the designated Commander of the Axiom-4 mission on which Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, 39, will fly to the International Space Station.
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Christina Koch Sets Record for Longest Spaceflight by a Woman
NASA astronaut Christina Koch on Saturday set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, eclipsing the record of 288 days set by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17.
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NASA's Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson Announces Retirement
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who spent a record-breaking 665 days in space, has retired from the space agency.
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Pooping In Space: Astronaut Tells Horror Story. There Are Accidents Also
Just in case you watched those videos of giant rockets landing in tandem or of Elon Musk's car gliding through orbit and fell under the delusion that modern space flight is glamorous, please listen to NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson's story about how she regularly packed poo with her hand.
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Record-Breaking Astronaut, A Woman, Comes Back To Earth
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Saturday, capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record.
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Touchdown. Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson, 57, Returns
A record-shattering NASA astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday, finishing a 288-day mission that put her over the top as the American who has spent the most cumulative amount of time in space.
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After 288 Days And 4623 Orbits Of Earth, Astronaut Peggy Whitson Returns To Earth
Record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth after completing a 288-day long mission, the US space agency said.
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Astronauts Set to Return on Friday After Marathon ISS Mission
Pesquet, 39, and Novitskiy, 45, are due to quit the ISS on Friday morning for a Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft which will transport them back to the steppes of Kazakhstan.
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NASA Astronauts Replace Failed Computer During Spacewalk on Tuesday
Station commander Peggy Whitson assembled a new computer from spare parts aboard the station and installed it during a 2.5-hour spacewalk.
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'Victory' For US Astronauts On Critical Spacewalk To Replace Power Box
Two US astronauts successfully embarked Tuesday on what NASA described as a "critical" spacewalk to repair a failed piece of equipment that helps power the International Space Station.
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NASA Plans Emergency Spacewalk on ISS on Tuesday
Spacewalk is meant to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major US systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday.
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US Spacewalkers Overcome Glitch On 200th Station Outing
Two US astronauts overcame an early equipment glitch to complete an abbreviated spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, accomplishing all the major tasks initially planned for a longer excursion in four hours, NASA said.
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'Better You Than Me,' Donald Trump Tells Record-Breaking Astronaut
US President Donald Trump congratulated NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for setting a new space record on Monday, but expressed disdain for a particular rigor of space life -- drinking recycled urine.
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Trump to Make Earth-to-Space Call Congratulating Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut
US President Donald Trump will make a special Earth-to-space call from the Oval Office to personally congratulate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for her record-breaking stay in space.
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NASA Astronauts Williams and Wilmore Complete Successful Spacewalk to Remove Faulty Unit
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore successfully completed a 5-hour and 26-minute spacewalk on January 30, 2025, to remove a faulty radio frequency group (RFG) from the International Space Station (ISS). Despite several failed attempts in 2023 and 2024, their persistence paid off, marking a significant achievement. Williams also set a...
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US' Most Experienced Astronaut Will Be Commander For Indian's Spaceflight
A trained biochemist and America's most experienced astronaut, 64-year-old Dr Peggy Annette Whitson, is the designated Commander of the Axiom-4 mission on which Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, 39, will fly to the International Space Station.
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Christina Koch Sets Record for Longest Spaceflight by a Woman
NASA astronaut Christina Koch on Saturday set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, eclipsing the record of 288 days set by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17.
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NASA's Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson Announces Retirement
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who spent a record-breaking 665 days in space, has retired from the space agency.
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Pooping In Space: Astronaut Tells Horror Story. There Are Accidents Also
Just in case you watched those videos of giant rockets landing in tandem or of Elon Musk's car gliding through orbit and fell under the delusion that modern space flight is glamorous, please listen to NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson's story about how she regularly packed poo with her hand.
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Record-Breaking Astronaut, A Woman, Comes Back To Earth
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Saturday, capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record.
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Touchdown. Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson, 57, Returns
A record-shattering NASA astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday, finishing a 288-day mission that put her over the top as the American who has spent the most cumulative amount of time in space.
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After 288 Days And 4623 Orbits Of Earth, Astronaut Peggy Whitson Returns To Earth
Record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth after completing a 288-day long mission, the US space agency said.
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Astronauts Set to Return on Friday After Marathon ISS Mission
Pesquet, 39, and Novitskiy, 45, are due to quit the ISS on Friday morning for a Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft which will transport them back to the steppes of Kazakhstan.
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NASA Astronauts Replace Failed Computer During Spacewalk on Tuesday
Station commander Peggy Whitson assembled a new computer from spare parts aboard the station and installed it during a 2.5-hour spacewalk.
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'Victory' For US Astronauts On Critical Spacewalk To Replace Power Box
Two US astronauts successfully embarked Tuesday on what NASA described as a "critical" spacewalk to repair a failed piece of equipment that helps power the International Space Station.
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NASA Plans Emergency Spacewalk on ISS on Tuesday
Spacewalk is meant to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major US systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday.
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US Spacewalkers Overcome Glitch On 200th Station Outing
Two US astronauts overcame an early equipment glitch to complete an abbreviated spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday, accomplishing all the major tasks initially planned for a longer excursion in four hours, NASA said.
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'Better You Than Me,' Donald Trump Tells Record-Breaking Astronaut
US President Donald Trump congratulated NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for setting a new space record on Monday, but expressed disdain for a particular rigor of space life -- drinking recycled urine.
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Trump to Make Earth-to-Space Call Congratulating Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut
US President Donald Trump will make a special Earth-to-space call from the Oval Office to personally congratulate NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for her record-breaking stay in space.
