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‘Let’s get spinning’: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla gives rare look at NASA’s multi-axis trainer and space training

Spinning in circles might be a fun childhood game for most, but for astronauts, it is a crucial, life-saving exercise that thoroughly prepares them for the disorienting challenges and extreme physical ...
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Three new countries are back among the stars as crew capsule docks with ISS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.
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International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

This image provided by NASA shows from second left, Poland’s Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, Axiom Space’s Peggy Whitson, India’s Shubhanshu Shukla and Hungary’s Tibor Kapu aboard the International Space ...

5 incredible animals found on Earth that can survive the harsh conditions of space

Human beings have been travelling to space in the wake of numerous research missions, be it Neil Armstrong, the first man to ...
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Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary return with NASA veteran from space station

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson splashed down safely in the Pacific early on Tuesday after her fifth trip to the International Space Station, joined by ...