ISS

March 16, 2023

NASA Plans Billion-Dollar Spacecraft To Crash International Space Station Into Pacific Ocean

NASA plans to bring down the International Space Station (ISS) by safely crashing it in a controlled manner. The initial plan is to guide a controlled crash into the Pacific Ocean by

Space

Kessler Syndrome: The Real Threat to Humanity’s Future in Space

The destruction of a single satellite can result in a series of collisions and endless space debris, known as the Kessler syndrome. A malfunctioning satellite exploded into dangerous debris during a Russian anti-satellite missile test in the year 2021. Debris

July 11, 2023

Mesmerising Images Of 2022’s First Sunrise From International Space Station

News·World

The International Space Station completes one trip around the earth in 92 minutes. Moving at a speed of 27,700 km per hour, the crew

Axiom Space: Building the World’s First Commercial Space Station in Italy

Space·Technology

Axiom Space, a private company, is currently constructing the world’s first commercial space station in Italy. Engineers are already engaged in “welding and machining

Astronaut Don Pettit. Photo Credits = Ivan Timoshenko

News·Space

Astronaut Don Pettit Returns After 590 Days in Space: Post-Landing Health Check

NASA astronaut Don Pettit landed on Earth April 20, 2025, exactly on his 70th birthday. Pettit, America’s oldest active astronaut, touched down in Kazakhstan with Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner

Rahul Somvanshi

April 22, 2025

Representative Image. Photo Source: NASA Johnson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

News·Space

NASA Astronauts Stranded 9 Months on ISS Due to Starliner Malfunctions

After a spacecraft test mission stretched from days to months, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams finally splashed down on March 18, 2025, concluding what became an unexpected 9-month stay aboard

Rahul Somvanshi

April 2, 2025

News·Space

Axiom’s Ax-4 Launches Multinational Crew to ISS for Historic Science

Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission will carry astronauts from four nations to conduct cutting-edge research aboard the International Space Station Mission Opened Axiom Space has officially opened media accreditation for the

Rahul Somvanshi

March 20, 2025

Crew9 NASA Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are seen inside their @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after splashing down off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida

Health·Space

Suni Williams and NASA Astronauts Return After 9-Month Space Stay: The Physical Toll of Extended Spaceflight

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, safely landed off Tallahassee, Florida on March 18, 2025. Their return completed NASA’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to

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Tejal Somvanshi

March 20, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.

News·Space

SpaceX’s Crew-10 Launches to Replace Astronauts Stranded on ISS for Nine Months

SpaceX successfully launched the Crew-10 mission on March 14, 2025, at 7:03 PM Eastern Time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission’s primary purpose is to replace NASA astronauts Sunita

Rahul Somvanshi

March 15, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen during sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, sending NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the orbiting laboratory for about a four-month science mission. Liftoff is targeted for 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday, March 14, 2025. SpaceX, Photo Sources: Nasa.gov

News·Space

SpaceX Crew-10 Delay Extends Astronauts’ 9-Month ISS Stay

A crucial SpaceX launch scheduled to ferry four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and bring home two NASA astronauts stranded in space for nine months has been delayed due to

Rahul Somvanshi

March 14, 2025

Representative Image: International Space Station (ISS) against the blackness of space. It features large solar panels, various interconnected modules, and docking ports for spacecraft. Photo Source: (nasa.gov)

News·Space

Elon Musk Pushes to Deorbit ISS by 2027, Clashing with NASA’s 2030 Plan

The International Space Station, continuously occupied since November 2000, faces an unexpected debate about its future. Elon Musk wants to bring it down in two years. NASA and other space agencies plan

Rahul Somvanshi

February 23, 2025

A Lysozyme crystal grown in microgravity, viewed under a microscope using X-ray crystallography. Photo Source: NASA

Materials·Space·Technology

NASA’s ISS Experiments Boost Advanced Materials Development

Advanced materials research in the International Space Station (ISS) of NASA is revealing new possibilities for stronger, more efficient products. These experiments, conducted in microgravity conditions, are tackling real-world challenges in manufacturing

Rahul Somvanshi

February 9, 2025

Maddalena Parafati at Kennedy Space Center preparing the programmable syringe pumps that dispense the culture media at fixed reproducible flow rates into the tissue chips.

Health·Science·Space

ISS Research Reveals Why Young Muscles Mimic Aging, Highlighting Sarcopenia’s Global Impact in Microgravity

More than 50 million people worldwide suffer from sarcopenia, an age-related condition causing muscle loss, weakness, and increased risk of falls and fractures1. Until now, exercise has been the only treatment option

Tejal Somvanshi

October 18, 2024

Politics·Space·USA

NASA Astronauts to Cast 2024 Votes From Space: Why Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore Won’t Miss the Presidential Election

Will NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore vote for the US Presidential elections from space? The astronauts, who are spending their time in space, said they plan to cast their ballot

Govind Tekale

September 19, 2024

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