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New Delhi: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore thanked US President Donald Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk for their help in bringing them back from the International Space Station (ISS), where they stayed on for nine months after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned, turning…
New Delhi: NASA Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague spoke to the press today about the future of NASA’s human space flight programme, after their recent return from the International Space Station (ISS). Mr Wilmore said they will carefully study and rectify all…
Washington: Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule that left two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station last year may need to fly a third uncrewed test flight before it carries astronauts again, agency officials said as the spacecraft’s first crew had to return to Earth on a…
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams set multiple records as she returned from a nine-month space stay, becoming the woman to do the longest spacewalk and having stayed in space for the second longest cumulative duration for a NASA astronaut. However, space exploration was not her dream job…
New Delhi: Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ family today said they were “happy” that she has returned to Earth safely after an unexpected nine-month stay in space. “That moment was surreal,” Falguni Pandya, her sister-in-law, told NDTV, referring to the SpaceX Dragon spaceship, which brought back Ms Williams…
Puffy heads, chicken legs, taller space height and reduced density – as Crew-9 astronauts face all these health implications on their return to Earth after nine months in space, they will undergo a 45-day rehabilitation programme to prepare for gravity. A stay at the International Space…
Four parachutes deployed as SpaceX’s Dragon splashed down in the sea off US’ Florida, marking the return of Sunita Williams and other members of the Crew-9 to Earth after nine months in space. As lakhs watched the YouTube live streaming of the long-awaited return of the…
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her colleague, Butch Wilmore, today departed for Earth after being stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months. In a video shared by NASA on its social media platforms, the two astronauts were seen taking part in…
For NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, life on the International Space Station (ISS) has been anything but ordinary. Originally set for an eight-day mission in June 2024, their stay was extended to nine months due to technical issues with their return Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. …
Washington, United States: After more than nine months aboard the International Space Station, a pair of astronauts are finally set to depart for Earth early Tuesday, ending a prolonged mission that has captivated global attention. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams flew to the orbital lab in…