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Peggy Whitson, a retired NASA astronaut, returned from her fifth ISS mission with crewmates from India, Poland, and Hungary, marking their countries' first mission. They landed safely in the Pacific Ocean.
Shubhanshu Shukla is the first Indian to step aboard the ISS and only the second Indian to go into space, following Rakesh Sharma's iconic flight in 1984. Shukla, a 39-year-old Indian Air Force officer and test pilot,
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with other Axiom-4 crew members returned from the International Space Station with 260 Kg of research payload marking India’s first human spaceflight since Rakesh Sharma.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan congratulated Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla for his historic achievement as the first Indian to reach the ISS. Shukla returned after a 20-day space sojourn aboard the Dragon 'Grace' spacecraft,
Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), has made a historic return to Earth with a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego in California. Shubhanshu Shukla touched down on Earth at 3 pm (India time) on Tuesday, July 15.
NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson splashed down safely in the Pacific early on Tuesday (July 15) after her fifth trip to the International Space Station, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary returning from their countries' first ISS mission.
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How the International Space Station Was BuiltThe International Space Station (ISS) was assembled piece by piece over a decade. This animation was created using Blender 3.6 (Cycles Render).
Research on the ISS helped scientists tackle problems we can’t solve on Earth, from human biology to fire behavior and materials performance.
From July 3 through July 8, it will be possible to sight the two largest objects currently in orbit around the Earth, passing across the predawn sky within minutes of each other.