Christina Koch to set a new record for longest spaceflight by a woman

NASA astronaut Christina Koch will set record for longest single spaceflight by a woman. Her mission on the International Space Station (ISS) has extended to 328 days. Koch arrived at the space station on 14th March 2019, and now is scheduled to remain in orbit until February 2020. With this, she will eclipse the record ..

Topics: Aquanauts • Astronauts • Christina Koch • Expedition 61 • Human activities • International Space Station • Jessica Meir • NASA • NASA Astronaut Group 21 • Peggy Whitson • Spaceflight

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