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Topic: Astronauts

Who is Anil Menon, Indian-origin NASA astronaut set to embark on his 1st mission to ISS in 2026

NASA statement says Menon will be part of its Expedition 75 space mission, which is slated for launch around June 2026.

1st flight in 2002, 665 days in void. Axiom-4’s Peggy Whitson, the woman who has spent most time in space

Peggy Whitson is commanding the private space mission led by Axiom Space to the International Space Station. This is her fifth mission to the ISS.

SpaceX launches private astronauts in novel polar-orbiting mission

Maltese investor Chun Wang, a Chinese-born magnate who founded a bitcoin mining company, is the bankroller & commander of the SpaceX mission, named Fram2.

Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace ‘Butch and Suni’

Otherwise a routine crew rotation flight, the Crew-10 mission is a long-awaited first step to bring Wilmore and Williams back to Earth.

Indian astronauts selected for joint ISRO-NASA mission to ISS complete initial training

Bengaluru: Two Indian astronauts chosen for the upcoming Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) have completed the initial phase of training, the...

ThePrint Quiz, 25 August, 2024: As India celebrates 1st Space Day, how much do you know about space

India celebrated its maiden Space Day on 23 August. In this edition of ThePrint Quiz, let's test your knowledge of space programmes in India and abroad.

Stranded NASA astronauts ‘confident’ of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft’s safe return to Earth

Engineers continue to sort out technical issues that has kept astronauts Sunita Williams & Barry Wilmore in space longer than scheduled. They may have to remain in space few weeks longer.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams stuck in space station for 2 weeks. What’s delaying her return to Earth

Williams is now the first woman to pilot a new spacecraft on its maiden crewed mission. Boeing’s Starliner launched into space on 5 June.

Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, returns from space station

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying them parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, after a 12-hour return flight and blazing re-entry plunge through Earth's atmosphere.

ISRO wants to send civilian scientists, doctors to space to research microgravity

ISRO has also decided that the crew will not be referred to as ‘astronauts’. They will be given a new moniker that suits Indian sensibilities.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Indian drugmakers relieved but wary as US exempts pharma sector from new trade tariffs

Industry insiders say any rise in duties on Indian generics will squeeze profits for Indian companies, but will also make the drugs costlier for patients in US.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.