As Shubhanshu Shukla reached the ISS, he was assigned a unique number. But why are astronauts given these numbers? Here's ...

Here’s a look at 5 Indian-origin people who made history in space, blending courage, intellect, and inspiration across ...

The pioneering leap came in 1984, when Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to fly to space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11.

India, Poland and Hungary launched their first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a private flight ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, a decorated Indian Air Force pilot and one of ISRO's Gaganyaan astronauts, is set to launch ...

Wilmore and Williams ended up spending 286 days in space — 278 days longer than anticipated when they launched. They circled Earth 4,576 times and traveled 121 million miles (195 million ...

When the Space Shuttle program was active, astronauts would spend somewhere between five and 16 days in orbit. But a typical length of stay on the International Space Station is about six months ...

Three years after the space shuttle's retirement in 2011, NASA awarded multibillion-dollar contracts to Boeing and SpaceX to build ferry ships to carry astronauts to and from the space station.

Knowledge Nugget: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth — Top 5 must-know points for UPSC Exam NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth ...

As we celebrate Astronauts Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore's safe return to Earth, let's take a look at how their bodies have changed after being exposed to cosmic rays, space radiation, and a ...

Sunita Williams SpaceX Mission Return Live: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, have officially undocked from ...