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A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station, restoring full crew strength after a medical evacuation prompted an early return. NASA had paused spacewalks and reduced research during the short-staffed period

President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Ashoka Chakra on Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla at Republic Day celebrations, honouring his historic achievement as the first Indian to visit the International Space Station during the Axiom-4 mission

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams retires after a 27-year career marked by nine space missions, nine spacewalks, and historic leadership aboard the ISS. Her contributions advanced human spaceflight, lunar and Mars exploration, and inspired future generations in science and space exploration

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to travel to the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission, emphasised that the next five to ten years will be crucial for India’s space exploration. He is also among the four astronauts selected for India’s upcoming Gaganyaan mission in 2027.

The HTV-X is the successor to JAXA's unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle, known as Kounotori, or stork in Japanese, which flew nine missions to the ISS between 2009 and 2020. The new freighter can carry a bigger payload and supply power during flight

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will return to Earth on July 15 after completing a 14-day mission aboard the ISS. He conducted key microgravity experiments under ISRO, DBT, and NASA collaboration, marking a milestone in India’s space exploration journey.

Talking about the challenges of getting the body readjusted back on Earth, Shukla told his audience that the biggest challenge is the absence of gravity. "Space is a new situation for the body. So like today, I am feeling much better from what I was feeling on day one here," the astronaut said.

The Axiom-4 mission, which marks the return to space for India, Hungary, and Poland, was earlier scheduled for lift-off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on June 19 onboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will fly to the International Space Station on June 19 aboard Axiom Space’s Ax-04 mission. He will conduct crucial biotech experiments in space, marking a major milestone as India’s first astronaut to reach the ISS.

A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan to put the Soyuz MS-27 carrying the trio in orbit

Williams, who spent a record nine months in space, is expected to land on earth on Wednesday morning

While other astronauts had logged longer spaceflights over the decades, none had to deal with so much uncertainty or see the length of their mission expand by so much as these two

The launch, originally planned for today from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was scrubbed less than an hour before liftoff due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm on the rocket

Sunita Williams has told Elon Musk during a recent call to dump the International Space Station in two years, rather than waiting until NASA’s  projected de-orbit in 2031

A serving officer in the IAF, he has also been chosen as an astronaut for India's Gaganyaan Mission

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has been stranded at the International Space Station since June 2024, after the faulty Starliner was declared unfit for human travel by NASA

Training includes familiarisation sessions with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and various onboard systems of the International Space Station

The astronauts shared that NASA has provided them with food items like butternut squash, apples, sardines, and smoked turkey for the occasion

Kononenko and Chub surpassed the previous record for the longest continuous stay in space under the ISS program, which had been set by cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio in September 2023. The trio spent 370 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes, and 16 seconds aboard the ISS.

Both the astronauts, including Butch Wilmore, emphasised the significance of fulfilling their civic duty despite being in orbit