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Screenshot from the video shared by Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday shared a video showing an astronaut Mike Fincke performing Bihu, a traditional folk dance from Assam, aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Sarma thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving “special focus” to the dance form and…
NEW DELHI: In a giant leap for the Indian space sector, domestic aerospace company Azista Space has demonstrated a new indigenous capability in space by taking images of objects in orbit from another satellite, a first by any space company in the country. This is often called “in-orbit snooping or space watch”.Using its 80-kg earth-observation…
BENGALURU: A Bengaluru-based startup has moved a step closer towards launching an inflatable space habitat, a first for India, by completing key tests in Switzerland, enabled through its partners, including the European Space Agency (Esa).Akashlabdhi, a startup incubated at IISc, is now planning to launch a scaled-down version of the inflatable habitat, “AntarikshHAB”, designed for…
BENGALURU: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s second astronaut and the first from the country to have stayed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has termed the Ashok Chakra – India’s highest peacetime military decoration – as a collective blessing from the people of India.After the formal announcement on Sunday, Shux, as he is fondly known…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday awarded group captain Shubhanshu Shukla – who became the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station – with Ashoka Chakra — India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.Shukla spent 18 days in space and became the second Indian to have gone to space and the first to visit…
Four International Space Station crewmembers returned to Earth early Thursday, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego after a medical issue forced Nasa’s Crew-11 mission to end more than a month ahead of schedule.Video shared by Nasa showed a SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying American astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman,…
This screengrab from video provided by NASA TV shows the SpaceX Dragon departing from the ISS Nasa began its first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, bringing back an astronaut in need of medical care along with three crewmates. The four astronauts, from the US, Russia, and Japan, are scheduled to…
Carl Sagan once said, “Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.” These words perfectly encapsulate humanity’s eternal urge to push boundaries, a spirit that continued in 2025 and was even exemplified in spectacular fashion across space. As we flip through the starry pages of the year, 2025 stands…
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is back on Earth after eight months in space, wrapping up a mission packed with science and new experiences. He returned alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, ending a journey that took them around the planet thousands of times. Their work wasn’t just for the sake of curiosity; they…
Nasa astronaut Don Pettit has captivated the internet with a striking photograph taken from space, showing the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca shimmering against the night. The orbital image reveals a brilliant central glow visible distinctly even from 400 kilometres above Earth.Don Pettit shared the image highlighting “Islam’s holiest city” being visible even from space….
