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NASA picks Indian origin doctor for future astronauts mission

Indian-origin physician Anil Menon (45) has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions. Menon, 45, was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Ukrainian and Indian immigrants. Menon was SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, helping to launch the company’s first humans to space during Nasa’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. Till now, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma is […]

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NASA launches world’s first DART Mission to crash Spacecraft into Asteroid

The US space agency NASA has launched a mission to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — the world’s first to test asteroid-deflecting technology. The space probe will crash into the asteroid to alter its speed and course. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the DART experiment lifted off at 10:21 pm Pacific Time from Vandenberg

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SpaceX launches Indian-origin astronaut Raja Chari-led Crew 3 mission

A new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule led by Indian origin Raja Chari to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the company’s Crew-3 mission has docked successfully. US Space agency NASA and SpaceX have launched Crew 3 mission named Endurance fixed to Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Under this mission, 4

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Astronaut Wang Yaping Becomes First Chinese Woman To Walk In Space

Astronaut Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to walk in space, authorities said Monday, as her team completed a six-hour stint outside the Tiangong space station as part of its ongoing construction. Wang and her colleague Zhai Zhigang stepped out of the module waving to the camera while tethered to the outside of the station and installed

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Australia is putting a rover on the Moon in 2024 to search for water

By Joshua Chou, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, November 6 (The Conversation) Last month, the Australian Space Agency announced plans to send an Australian-made rover to the moon as early as 2026, under a deal with NASA. The rover will harvest lunar soil containing oxygen, which could eventually be used to support human life

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South Korea flight tests first homegrown space rocket “Nuri”

South Korea recently launched its first indigenously developed rocket, known as “Korean Satellite Launch Vehicle II” or “Nuri”. The Korean Satellite Launch Vehicle II, known as Nuri, took off from Goheung, about 500km (310 miles) south of Seoul. Nuri cost South Korea an estimated 2 trillion won (£1.23bn or $1.6bn) to develop. Nuri rocket is 47.2 meters

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Russian filmmaker Klim Shipenko becomes first to shoot a film in space

A Russian film crew is back on Earth after wrapping up scenes for the first movie shot in space. Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresild left the International Space Station and landed in Kazakhstan – to be met by a crew filming touchdown scenes. The Russian film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild spent 12 days

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China launched 1st Solar Exploration Satellite

China has successfully launched its 1st solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. The satellite was launched aboard a Long March-2D rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully. The satellite was named ‘Xihe’ (Xihe is the goddess of the sun who created the calendar in ancient Chinese mythology), also known as the Chinese

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China launches historic Shenzhou-13 crewed mission with 3 astronauts for 6 months

Three Chinese astronauts, including a woman, on board the Shenzhou-13, have entered the space station core module Tianhe, the country’s space agency said, hours after the spaceship was successfully launched for a record six-month mission. The members of the crew includes Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guanfu, who will spend the time in space

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Canadian Actor William Shatner becomes the oldest person in history to fly to space

Legendary Canadian actor William Shatner has become the oldest person to go to space. The 90-year-old Star Trek alum was joined by Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, as well as crew members Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries. The Canadian was joined by three other fellow passengers, Chris Boshuizen, William Shatner, Audrey Powers, and

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