NASA scientist sets record of Longest Space flight be a woman

US Astronaut Christina Koch has set a record of longest space flight by a woman. She has spent 300 days in space. Highlights Christina Koch arrived at International Space Station on March 14, 2019, setting the record of spending the ..

Tags: Astronauts • deep space exploration • NASA • Space Missions • Space Shuttle program

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 ..

Tags: Aquanauts • Astronauts • Christina Koch • Expedition 61 • Human activities

NASA’s first female astronaut candidate Jerrie Cobb passes away

Jerrie Cobb (88), NASA’s first female astronaut candidate, has passed away in Florida on March 18, 2019. In 1961, Cobb became the first woman to pass astronaut testing. Altogether, 13 women passed the arduous physical testing and became known as ..

Tags: Astronauts • Aviators • Female aviators • Jerri Sloan Truhill • Jerrie

NASA decides to carry out first all-female spacewalk at International Space Station (ISS)

The US space agency NASA has recently announced that it will carry out first all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) on 29th March 2019. Astronauts – Christina Koch and Anne McClain -will walk outside the ISS on a ..

Tags: Anne McClain • Astronauts • Extravehicular activity • Fyodor Yurchikhin • Military personnel

Peggy Whitson: NASA’s record-breaking spacewoman retires as astronaut

NASA’s record-breaking spacewoman, Peggy Whitson (58) has announced her retirement as astronaut less than year after returning from her last and longest spaceflight.  During her career, she had racked up total of 665 days in space — more than any ..

Tags: Astronauts • NASA • Peggy Whitson • Space records • Spacewoman

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018

Jasleen Kaur Josan becomes 2nd Indian women and first Sikh women to be selected by NASA for Mars Expedition happening in 2030

After Kalpana Chawla, Jasleen Kaur Josan has become the 2nd Indian Women and first Sikh women to be selected by NASA for the Mars Expedition happening in 2030. The Orion Mission will be the first man mission to Mars, which ..

Tags: Astronauts • Aviation • Human mission to Mars • Kalpana Chawla • Mars