Today’s important current affairs, essential for students preparing for government jobs: INTERNATIONAL 1. Indian-origin astronaut Anil Menon to travel to the International Space Station Indian-origin American astronaut Anil Menon will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on NASA’s next mission on 14 July. He will be joined by Russian astronauts Anna Kikina and Pyotr…
NEW DELHI: “When I reached International Space Station for the first time, the first thing I did was to locate India (on Earth), from where my father belonged to, and Slovenia, from where my mother belonged,” said Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams in Delhi on Tuesday — the only female astronaut who has set the…
Retd astronaut Sunita Williams at the US Embassy in New Delhi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Calling her visit to India a homecoming, Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams on Tuesday said India held personal importance for her as it was the country where her father was born.Speaking at an interactive session at the American Center in…
This screengrab from video provided by NASA TV shows the SpaceX Dragon departing from the ISS Nasa began its first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, bringing back an astronaut in need of medical care along with three crewmates. The four astronauts, from the US, Russia, and Japan, are scheduled to…
Screengrab (Picture source: X/CNSA) In a first for China’s manned space programme, astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 and Shenzhou-21 missions have used a specially developed oven to barbecue chicken wings and cook steak aboard the China Space Station. The new “space oven,” installed recently, allows smokeless cooking and is part of broader efforts to improve living…