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NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson

Astronaut breaks record for most time in space by American

The ISS commander surpassed the record of 534 days, two hours and 48 minutes for most accumulated time in orbit by an...

24 April 2017 7:46 PM IST

The international Space Station

Russian, American two-man crew blasts off to ISS

A Russian and an American blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

20 April 2017 5:14 PM IST

He died when his F-104 Starfighter crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. (Photo: AP)

First black astronaut honored on 50th anniversary of death

He had a great future ahead of him if he had not been lost 50 years ago.

10 Dec 2017 5:50 PM IST

Piers Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut

Climate scientist and NASA astronaut Sellers dies at 61

Piers Sellers died in Houston of pancreatic cancer, NASA said in a statement.

24 Dec 2016 1:06 PM IST