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Splashdown! Stranded for 9 months, astronauts Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore back on Earth

Delays, battery failures & a risky return—Indian-origin astronaut Williams and her colleague Wilmore endured it all. They splashed down off the coast of Florida Wednesday at 3:27 am IST.

After 9 months, Sunita Willaims, Butch Wilmore & crew get ready to leave ISS as NASA goes live

The 4-member crew is scheduled to travel back to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Next stop: Earth. Astronauts Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore’s return date announced by NASA

Williams and Wilmore are scheduled to travel back to Earth alongside Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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.

SpaceX, NASA launch mission to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore from ISS

Williams and Wilmore have been stranded on the International Space Station for 9 months. The Crew-10 mission also launched 4 crew members to the ISS.

Mars turned red long before we thought. Volcanoes, ancient water may hold key to its true colours

The study, led by Adomas Valantinas of Brown University and published in Nature Communications, has confirmed the real reason behind the red colour of Mars.

‘City-killer’ asteroid headed towards Earth with 2.3% chance of impact in 2032. India a possible target

Situation is significant enough to warrant global planetary defence community's attention. Astronomers plan to use James Webb Space Telescope to get precise estimate of asteroid's size.

14-year-old Noida boy discovers an asteroid, NASA lets him name it

Through the International Asteroid Discovery Project, Daksh Malik successfully discovered asteroid 2023 OG40 in the main asteroid belt of the solar system.

Rare ‘planetary parade’ to adorn night skies from January 21. Know significance & how to watch

The planetary parade, also known as a planetary alignment, will begin with only four planets—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. It will last through early March.

US, India strengthen Space partnership

NASA and ISRO astronauts to train together for International Space Station mission.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.