New Delhi: As Shubhanshu Shukla boarded the International Space Station late Thursday evening, he was presented with his orbital flight number by Commander Peggy...
As the Dragon spacecraft docked the orbital laboratory Thursday, Shubhanshu Shukla, on board, marked India's return to human spaceflight after 41 years.
New Delhi: Strapped up in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, Indian Air Force group captain Shubhanshu Shukla took off to space on Wednesday, becoming the first...
Spacecraft made contact at 4.01 pm IST. Led by US-based Axiom Space, the international human spaceflight has Shubhanshu Shukla—the 1st Indian to travel to space in 41 years—onboard.
After Axiom-4 Mission launch was delayed to 11 June due to bad weather, team says if Wednesday attempt fails, it'll be scheduled for Thursday & that there are launch windows until 30 June.
The Axiom-4 mission, which marks the return to spaceflight for India, Poland & Hungary, was earlier scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Tuesday.
A passerby pauses in front of the poster and explains who the man in uniform is to her kids. 'It is important to teach them. Who knows, maybe one day there will be such posters of my kids,' she said.
Some of the dishes from this trip will also be included in the food menu for Gaganyaan, India’s first human spaceflight, which is expected to depart in 2027.
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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