NASA astronauts News
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Kalpana Chawla made history as the first Indian-origin woman in space, inspiring millions with her passion for exploration.
Her tragic loss in the 2003 Columbia disaster didn't end her legacy—NASA and India continue to honor her contributions to space science.
As Sunita Williams returns to Earth, Chawla’s story reminds us that dreams have no limits, and space exploration continues to push boundaries.
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NASA prefers having a new crew arrive before sending the old one back, in this case Wilmore, Williams and two others up there since September, details below.
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NASA astronauts installs new roll-out solar array on Space station
The video has gone viral and has over 100K views
The Spacewalk lasted for seven hours
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Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari is part of NASA's 18 member team who will train for its Artemis moon-landing mission.
Vice President Mike Pence introduced the astronauts at the close of his final meeting as chairman of the National Space Council.
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NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of Expedition 55 will conduct a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, March 29.
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The spacewalk will be performed by NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel.
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A similar MDM replacement spacewalk was conducted in April 2014 by Expedition 39 crewmembers Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio of NASA.
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The multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) data relay box on the S0 truss failed on Saturday morning.
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The ISS is a place that is exceedingly alluring for space aficionados across the world.
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They also accomplished several get-ahead tasks, including a photo survey of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson have completed the first spacewalk of 2017 outside International Space Station (ISS).
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Feustel and Epps will be added to the long list of distinguished astronauts who have been a part of space missions on the ISS since November 2000.
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On December 31, 2016, official clocks around the world will add a leap second at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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The researchers further say that to protect the astronauts from harsh Martian environment, ice is probably the best building material.
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Expedition 49 crew members which included Kate Rubins, Anatoly Ivanishin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency safely touched down on Earth after a successful mission aboard the International Space Station.
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During the six-hour, 48 minute spacewalk, the duo retracted a thermal radiator, installed two enhanced high definition cameras on the station’s truss and tightened bolts on a joint that enables one of the station’s solar arrays to rotate.
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Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA are conducting the spacewalk to install equipment (adaptor) that was launched on a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and arrived at the station on July 20, 2016.
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Both the astronauts are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) carrying out numerous science experiments on how living in space affects the human body and other organisms.
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Watch the Change of Command ceremony aboard the International Space Station.
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The number of applications for a spot in NASA's 2017 class is almost triple the amount that came in during the last recruitment call for the 2012 class.
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