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SpaceX Launches Axiom Mission 4, Sending First Indian, Polish and Hungarian Astronauts to ISS in 40 Years

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted an Axiom Crew Dragon into orbit June 25, powering the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The flight, delayed by a liquid oxygen leak, carries Peggy Whitson and the first ISS travellers from India, Poland and Hungary in over four decades.

2025-06-24T23:59:35.425004-07:00

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Now Is Not the Time to Slash Space-Enabled Medical Research

2025-07-02T06:08:08.858522-07:00

Associated Press

Axiom Mission 4 Dragon docks at ISS with India’s, Poland’s and Hungary’s first private astronauts

2025-06-26T03:47:30.758417-07:00

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China’s Shenzhou-20 Crew Performs Second EVA to Enhance Tiangong Station

2025-06-27T02:43:07.106944-07:00

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Business Standard

ISRO Completes Dual Hot-Fire Tests of Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently completed two successful hot fire tests of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System at Mahendragiri, confirming thrust and ignition performance. These trials are critical to qualify the module’s propulsion for the agency’s inaugural crewed spaceflight mission planned by 2027.

2025-07-09T09:31:45.854991-07:00

ISRO Completes Dual Hot-Fire Tests of Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System

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India’s $70M Axiom Seat Sparks New Era of Global Space Collaboration India has committed nearly $70 million to secure a seat aboard Axiom Space’s upcoming private mission to the International Space Station, marking its largest private space investment to date. The move underscores a shift toward international collaboration in commercial space ventures and ignites opportunities for emerging space economies.

2025-07-07T21:16:24.747418-07:00

India’s $70M Axiom Seat Sparks New Era of Global Space Collaboration

Space.com

Sally Ride memorabilia collection sells for $145,000, diary nets nearly $10,000 Items from America’s first female astronaut commanded strong interest at Nate D. Sanders Auctions, bringing in a total of $145,000. Ride’s personal diary from her second spaceflight alone fetched nearly $10,000, underscoring the enduring appeal of her pioneering legacy.

2025-07-06T08:04:56.583251-07:00

Sally Ride memorabilia collection sells for $145,000, diary nets nearly $10,000

CNBC

SpaceX Opens Utah Mars Analog to Train Crews for 2029 Mission Elon Musk’s SpaceX has opened a Mars simulation facility in the Utah desert to train astronaut crews for a 2029 human mission, validating habitat systems, mission protocols and crew operations in a high-fidelity analog environment ahead of Starship interplanetary flights.

2025-07-05T06:19:10.127055-07:00

SpaceX Opens Utah Mars Analog to Train Crews for 2029 Mission

NASA Spaceflight

Progress MS-31 Poised for Launch as ISS Hosts Private Crew Ahead of Crew-11 Rotation Russia’s Progress MS-31 resupply spacecraft is set to launch to the International Space Station, which is currently hosting its first private astronaut team and preparing for NASA’s upcoming Crew-11 Crew Dragon handover. The overlapping cargo and crew activities underscore growing schedule complexity in low Earth orbit.

2025-07-03T10:19:09.775365-07:00

Progress MS-31 Poised for Launch as ISS Hosts Private Crew Ahead of Crew-11 Rotation

indiatoday.in

India's Shukla Performs Brain-Computer Interface Experiment on ISS Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is testing a near-infrared brain-computer interface on the International Space Station to determine whether astronauts can control computers through brain signals in microgravity. The device uses light-based sensors to measure neural activity, aiming to enhance hands-free operations during long-duration missions.

2025-07-03T00:27:18.297759-07:00

India's Shukla Performs Brain-Computer Interface Experiment on ISS

SpaceNews.com

Now Is Not the Time to Slash Space-Enabled Medical Research Academic and industry leaders are cautioning against proposed cuts to space-enabled medical research, arguing it underpins critical advances in drug development, disease modeling and astronaut health. Reduced funding risks delaying breakthroughs in therapies for cancer, Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular diseases that depend on microgravity studies.

2025-07-02T06:08:08.858522-07:00

Now Is Not the Time to Slash Space-Enabled Medical Research

Universe Today

Menstrual Cups Withstand Sub-Orbital Launch Forces, Study Finds Menstrual cups underwent sub-orbital rocket flight testing, exposing them to launch acceleration and vibration. The cups performed identically to ground controls, indicating a safe, low-waste menstrual management option that reduces storage needs and health risks for female astronauts on long-duration missions.

2025-06-30T16:02:26.016776-07:00

Menstrual Cups Withstand Sub-Orbital Launch Forces, Study Finds

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