Astronauts
- India
PM Modi announces names of Gaganyaan astronauts in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic announcement on Tuesday, revealing the names of the four astronauts who are currently undergoing rigorous training for India’s first-ever human space flight mission, Gaganyaan. Addressing…
- Technology
Why astronauts develop skin rashes, viral infections in space
Toronto: Space travel alters gene expression in white blood cells, weakening the immune system, making astronauts more susceptible to infections and skin rashes while in space, according to a study. Astronauts on…
- India
US to train, fly Indian astronauts to International Space Station in 2024
Chennai: After Russia in 1984, it is now the US to fly Indian astronauts to space. But this time the US will fly Indian astronauts to the International Space Station next year…
- Technology
Axiom Space’s private astronauts back to Earth after 2nd mission on ISS
Washington: Four astronauts, including the first woman from Saudi Arabia, of the American private space habitat company Axiom Space have returned safely to Earth after spending eight days on their second mission…
- Technology
China launches spaceship with 3 astronauts to its space station
Beijing: China on Tuesday launched the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station for a five-month mission. The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from…
- World
Astronomers detect first direct image of black hole expelling a powerful jet
Beijing: For the first time, astronomers have detected an image of a powerful jet exploding from a black hole. The observations of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier…
- Technology
US to train Indian astronauts, cooperate on planetary defence
New York: The US will provide advanced training for an Indian astronaut and the two countries will cooperate on planetary defence against dangerous asteroids and comets, according to the White House. Strengthening…
- World
3 Chinese astronauts return safely after completing six months mission at China’s space station
Beijing: China’s spaceship, the Shenzhou-14, carrying three astronauts who lived in its orbiting space station for six months touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region safely…
- Science
Musk’s SpaceX sends fresh batch of astronauts to ISS
Washington: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Dragon spacecraft was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)…
- World
Chinese astronauts enter lab module in orbit for first time after it docks with space station
Beijing: Three Chinese astronauts aboard the country’s space station, currently under construction, successfully entered the lab module in orbit for the first time on Monday, a day after the space laboratory was…
- Science
How extended space flights affect astronauts’ brains
New York: Long-duration space flight can alter fluid-filled spaces along veins and arteries in the brain, according to new research. Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) imaged the brains of…
- Technology
NASA offers $1mn for innovative ideas to feed astronauts
Washington: NASA will pay up to $1 million to people who can come up with innovative and sustainable food production ideas to feed astronauts in space, as the US space agency prepares…
