Stranded US astronauts return to Earth, after nine months in space
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to planet Earth Tuesday evening ending an unplanned protracted stay on the International Space Station.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to planet Earth Tuesday evening ending an unplanned protracted stay on the International Space Station.
Williams and Wilmore, who arrived at the ISS as part of an experimental spacecraft mission, had initially been scheduled for a brief eight-day stay.
The US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a course to reach new frontiers across all sectors of space cooperation.
The Crew-4 mission launched at 3:52 a.m. EDT on April 27 on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Less than 16 hours later, Dragon docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port.
The Trojan asteroids are trapped in orbits around the Sun at the same distance as Jupiter, either far ahead of or behind the giant planet.
A youth who was being treated near Kochi was confirmed to have contracted the virus after a positive report by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
The test made India the fourth country in the world after the US, Russia and China to have ASAT capabilities.
NASA head Jim Bridenstine on Monday criticised India's ASAT test saying that it had created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA said the creation of orbital debris has led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The landing came with Russian and US officials investigating the appearance of a mysterious hole in a Russian space craft docked at the orbiting station.