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Anil Menon, alongside two Russian cosmonauts, has successfully reached the International Space Station after a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft journey.
Dr Menon will lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, operated by the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, the 49-year-old physician-astronaut will spend approximately 240 days in orbit before returning to Earth in 2027.
Launched in August, Cardman, Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui and Russia's Oleg Platonov should have remained on the space station until late February.
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 mission crew are returning to Earth after 18 days on the ISS aboard the Dragon Grace spacecraft.
Although the ISS circles the Earth multiple times a day, clear sightings from any one specific location are relatively rare.
The sesame variety Thilathara was developed at the Onattukara Regional Agricultural Research Centre.
A seven-second hot test was conducted on the launch pad as part of routine checks to validate the performance of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle’s booster stage.
The next launch opportunity for Axiom Mission 4 is now targeted for no earlier than 8 am EDT on Wednesday, June 11.
Cape Canaveral: After a prolonged stay on ISS, NASA's two stuck astronauts have finally headed back to Earth with SpaceX. On Tuesday, the astronauts on the space station and people on the earth, heaved a sigh of relief after the SpaceX capsule undocked from the space station. Thus the dramatic
The stranded duo have been on the ISS since June.
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