Washington: Six International Space Station (ISS) astronauts rushed to safety as a piece of a Russian satellite whizzed by. The astronauts orbiting 320 km above the planet were stirred from their slumber Saturday to jump into emergency escape pods. They were told by the ground control to scramble into two docked Soyuz spacecrafts in case a piece of a wrecked Russian satellite should smash into the ISS. The emergency was...
11:13 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Beijing: China is considering sending women astronauts into space during its space docking missions in 2012. Two female astronauts have been selected for possible flights when spacecraft Shenzhou-9 and 10 are scheduled to dock with space lab module Tiangong-1 in 2012, Chen Shanguang, director of the Astronaut Center of China (ACC), said. "We must assess both male and female astronauts to verify if human beings can live in space as...
05:08 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Washington: Astronauts on the first manned mission to Mars are considering to grow their own food in a hi-tech 'kitchen garden' onboard their spaceship, according to NASA. Supplying enough food for a round trip to the Red Planet is one of the greatest challenges facing mission planners. Now the US space agency claims the astronomers could tend 'kitchen gardens' of salad and vegetables to cater to their daily diet. NASA...
06:23 PM, Aug 29, 2011
London: Britain's intrepid Prince Harry wants to be the first Royal in space and wants to undergo NASA training, according to a media report. "It's his dream to be the first Royal in space," The Sun quoted a Royal source as saying. Army pilot Harry, 26, is a Star Trek fan and "obsessed with space", the report quoted his friends as saying. They say he has already asked British business...
07:25 PM, Aug 07, 2011
New Delhi: Don't let this news gross you out. The Atlantis crew is testing a urine recycling system developed by NASA that is capable of turning the urine of astronauts into a yummy sports drink. NASA has adopted the "forward osmosis bags", used by soldiers to clean dirty fluids, for use in space, according to several news reports on Monday. NASA scientist Howard Levine was quoted by the 'Wired' magazine...
01:30 PM, Jul 11, 2011
Cape Canaveral: The shuttle Endeavour and space station crews gathered on Saturday for an unprecedented conversation with Pope Benedict, who asked how the space program can promote peace and if the astronauts pray while in orbit. "I think it must be obvious to you how we all live together on one Earth and how absurd it is that we fight and kill each one," the pope said. "When you are...
07:14 AM, May 22, 2011
Cape Canaveral: Musical astronaut Catherine Coleman has plenty of flutes to pick from aboard the International Space Station. One is her own. Two belong to members of the Irish group, The Chieftains. And one belongs to the flutist with the Jethro Tull band. "A pretty well-rounded spectrum, and I am having a great time up here with them," Coleman said. On Wednesday, she played a couple tunes for radio and...
01:33 PM, Feb 10, 2011
Indian American astronaut holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travellers. ...
12:26 PM, Jul 10, 2010
Yang Liwei, China's first man in space has revealed it in his recent autobiography. ...
10:39 AM, May 13, 2010
Seven-day space flight planned, says ISRO chairman. ...
04:51 PM, Jan 27, 2010
Apollo 11 landed first men on moon. 3 years later, Apollo 17 landed the last. ...
12:56 AM, Jul 21, 2009
Apollo 11 astronauts get nostalgic on the 40th anniversary of moon landing. ...
11:32 AM, Jul 20, 2009
The 2 spacecraft are to send back location data for a manned landing. ...
12:28 PM, Jun 19, 2009
The astronauts plan a camera survey of the telescope's condition. ...
02:17 AM, May 14, 2009
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