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‘Crew 3’ Mission Lifts Off; Astronauts Headed to International Space Station

News / By / Nov 11, 2021

NASA and SpaceX (owned by Elon Musk) recently launched four more astronauts on a flight to the ISS (International Space Station). It is called the ‘Crew-3’ mission, which includes Raja Chari, an Indian-origin NASA astronaut, and three others. Raja Chari is commanding the mission with fellow astronauts. Kayla Barron is the mission specialist, and Tom …

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Soyuz MS-10 mission to the ISS failed; Crew managed to land safely

Soyuz MS-10 mission to the ISS failed; Crew managed to land safely

Science, Space / By / Jul 12, 2019

After months of training, astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin took their position in the crew module on the Soyuz MS-10 mission that took off yesterday on October 11 at 4:40 am EDT from Baiknous Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. But after two minutes after launch, the crew and the command center at NASA and Roscosmos …

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Audit reports from GAO suggest a gap in U.S' access to the ISS

Audit reports from GAO suggest a gap in U.S’ access to the ISS

Space / By / Jul 26, 2018

As of now, NASA depends on Russia’s space agency Roscosmos to take its astronauts to the ISS ever since its Space Shuttle program ended in 2011. The current contract with Russia’s space agency will expire in November 2019 and what is why, NASA decided to build its own spaceflight launch system with crew module for …

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