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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The International Space Station (ISS) will continue its operations until 2030 and will plunge into the most remote point in the Pacific Ocean in 2031, NASA confirmed in a new transition plan released this week. According to the space agency’s budget estimates, the ISS, launched in 1998, will …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russia’s sole active female cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, is due to travel to the International Space Station in September on a Soyuz rocket, the national space agency said Thursday. Kikina, a 37-year-old engineer, will be only the fifth professional woman cosmonaut from Russia or the Soviet Union to fly …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, his producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin made a soft landing in a Russian Soyuz capsule in the …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: After a series of delays, Elon Musk‘s private company SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday night on the “Crew-3” mission. The orbital outpost is currently operating with just one NASA astronaut in the US segment to welcome the incoming crew, after the astronauts …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Four astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station early Monday after spending more than six months in space, NASA announced. The four members of the Crew-2 mission, including a French and a Japanese astronaut, will therefore return to Earth before the arrival of …

[ad_1] MUMBAI: Indian-American Raja Chari (44), who has his early family roots in Telangana, is all set to go on his first space flight as its commander in the very shot itself. In a virtual media interaction on Wednesday evening, Chari said that this mission among other things will help …