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Damaged Russian Soyuz capsule returns to Earth: space agency
29Mar By adminNo Comments
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Damaged Russian Soyuz capsule returns to Earth: space agency

[ad_1] Russia's unmanned Soyuz MS-22 capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday from the International Space Station (ISS), landing in Kazakhstan three months after suffering a coolant leak.The vessel landed at 5:46 pm local time (1146 GMT) in the vast Central Asian country, a Roscosmos live transmission showed. The Russian space agency said the capsule carried "around 218 kilograms of cargo", including results of scientific experiments. It landed near the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan.The capsule flew Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the ISS in September last year and was due to bring them home.But it began leaking coolant in mid-December -- shortly before Russian cosmonauts were to begin a spacewalk -- after being hit by what US and Russia...
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Four astronauts fly SpaceX back home from International Space Station, end 5-month mission
12Mar By adminNo Comments
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Four astronauts fly SpaceX back home from International Space Station, end 5-month mission

[ad_1] Four space station astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after a quick SpaceX flight home.Their capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast near Tampa. The U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew spent five months at the International Space Station, arriving last October. Besides dodging space junk, the astronauts had to deal with a pair of leaking Russian capsules docked to the orbiting outpost and the urgent delivery of a replacement craft for the station's other crew members. Led by NASA's Nicole Mann, the first Native American woman to fly in space, the astronauts checked out of the station early Saturday morning. Less than 19 hours later, their Dragon capsule was bobbing in the sea as they awaited pickup.Earlier in the week, high wind and waves in the spl...
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Indian-American Astronaut Raja Chari Nominated To Key Post In US Air Force
27Jan By adminNo Comments
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Indian-American Astronaut Raja Chari Nominated To Key Post In US Air Force

[ad_1] Raja Chari's father had gone to the US at a young age from Hyderabad. (File)Washington: Indian-American astronaut Raja J Chari has been nominated by President Joe Biden for the appointment to the grade of Air Force brigadier general. The nomination was announced on Thursday and will have to be confirmed by the Senate which approves all senior civilian and military appointments, according to the US Defence Department.Air Force Colonel Chari, 45, was nominated for the appointment to the grade of brigadier general, it said in a statement.Mr Chari is currently serving as the Crew-3 commander and astronaut, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Texas.He earned a master's degree in aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduate...
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Man claiming to be astronaut stuck in space dupes Japanese woman of ₹24 lakh
14Oct By adminNo Comments
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Man claiming to be astronaut stuck in space dupes Japanese woman of ₹24 lakh

[ad_1] A man claiming to be an astronaut stuck in space duped a Japanese woman of ₹24 lakh by promising to marry her. A man claiming to be an astronaut stuck in space duped a Japanese woman of ₹24 lakh by promising to marry her. According to a news report by TV Asahi, the Japanese woman gave about 4.4 million Yen (about 24.8 lakh) to the Russian con man who faked being an astronaut stuck in space.The conman approached the 65-year-old and requested money under the guise of returning to Earth and proposing to her. According to TV Asahi, the woman is a resident of Shiga prefecture. She met the fake astronaut on Instagram in June. The report also stated that his profile had images of space to give the false impression that he was employed by the space station. According to the report, t...
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Saudi Arabian mission on SpaceX capsule to include first female Arab astronaut
23Sep By adminNo Comments
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Saudi Arabian mission on SpaceX capsule to include first female Arab astronaut

[ad_1] Saudi Arabia's mission to the International Space Station next year aboard a SpaceX capsule will include the world's first female Arab astronaut. Saudi Arabia's mission to the International Space Station next year aboard a SpaceX capsule will include a woman who would become the world's first female Arab astronaut, according to Axiom Space, the U.S. company arranging the mission for the kingdom. Neither Axiom nor the Saudi government provided the name for the female astronaut, who will be accompanied by another Saudi and two Americans as part of Axiom's second private mission to the space station, slated for early 2023. A U.S. official familiar with the mission said the Ax-2 passengers have yet to receive approval...
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