Akihiko Hoshide Current Affairs, GK & News
Sunita Williams: second woman in history to take command of ISS
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams took over the command of International Space Station (ISS). The traditional ceremony of change-of-command, Expedition 33 Sunita Williams took over the command from Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka in the Destiny Laboratory.
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2012
Topics: Akihiko Hoshide • Aquanauts • Astronaut • Gennady Padalka • Human activities • Human spaceflight • In spaceflight • International Space Station • Spaceflight • Sunita Williams • Women in engineering • Women in the United States Navy
Sunita Williams took off for her 2nd space journey
Indian-American record-making astronaut Sunita Williams along with her two other astronauts took off for her second space odyssey on a Russian Soyuz rocket. It took off successfully from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The other two members on board are Russian Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency flight engineer Akihiko Hoshide. They are ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: Akihiko Hoshide • Aquanauts • Expedition 14 • Human spaceflight • In spaceflight • International Space Station • Spacecraft • Spaceflight • Sunita Williams • Women in engineering • Women in the United States Navy • Yuri Malenchenko