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India to send first astronaut on mission to International Space Station

Shubhanshu Shukla is part of four-person mission launching on Tuesday from US

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025

SpaceX launching private Ax-4 astronaut mission to ISS early June 25: Watch live!

SpaceX is planning to launch the Ax-4 private astronaut mission early Wednesday, June 25, kicking off a two-week stint aboard the ISS.

Space · Jun 9, 2025

Astronauts track huge dust clouds over Canada and US | On the ISS this week June 2-6, 2025

Preparations for the arrival of a visiting crew, the continued study of how humans adapt to microgravity and more highlight the sixth week of Expedition 73 on the International Space Station.

Space · Jun 8, 2025

Ax-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS is 'go' for its June 8 SpaceX launch

Axiom Space has completed the Flight Readiness Review for its upcoming launch of private astronauts to the International Space Station on June 8.

Space · May 21, 2025

SpaceX's next private astronaut launch to ISS, Ax-4, delayed to June 8

Houston company Axiom Space's next astronaut launch to the International Space Station, a mission called Ax-4, has been pushed back by 10 days, to June 8.

Space · May 15, 2025

SpaceX's next private astronaut mission to ISS, Ax-4, to launch May 29 for Axiom Space

Houston company Axiom Space announced on Tuesday (April 29) that it's targeting May 29 for the launch of its fourth astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Space · Apr 29, 2025

Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

This is what being in space does to your body

Prolonged periods in orbit can alter an astronaut’s body in some surprising ways.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

'Stranded' NASA astronaut Suni Williams photographed from Earth during record-breaking spacewalk. Can you spot her?

A photographer on Earth has captured an incredible telescope image of NASA astronaut Suni Williams outside of the International Space Station, as it passed by roughly 250 miles overhead.

LiveScience · Feb 5, 2025

Astronaut stuck on International Space Station for months just broke the record for total spacewalk time by a woman

Sunita Williams reached a record of 62 hours and six minutes during her ninth spacewalk

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025