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India returns to space after 41 yrs as Shubhanshu Shukla lifts off Axiom-4

Shubhanshu Shukla, part of India's Gaganyaan programme, will becomes the first Indian to reach the ISS, 41 years after Rakesh Sharma's historic flight

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After 41 Years, India's Flag Will Fly In Space Again, Says Indian Astronaut Shubanshu Shukla Before Axiom-4 Mission Lift-Off

Shukla is joined by veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland, and Tibor Kapu from Hungary. For India, Hungary, and Poland, this mission signifies a return to human spaceflight after a long hiatus. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft scheduled to lift off at 2:31 a.m. EDT (12:01 p.m. IST).

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SpaceX launches historic private Axiom-4 astronaut mission to the ISS

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Ax-4 mission for Axiom Space today (June 25), sending four private astronauts on a two-week mission to the ISS.

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A failed Soviet Venus probe from the '70s crashed to Earth in May — why was it so hard to track?

"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...

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How the U.S. and the Soviet Union Made Unsuccessful Attempts to Collaborate During the Space Race

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...

India’s Cosmic Footprints: Indians And Indian-Origin People In Space

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.

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