The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) added a new mission to its Artemis moon programme involving a spacecraft docking test in Earth’s orbit before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling the flagship U.S. moon effort amid competitive pressure from China. The new Artemis mission, planned for 2027,...
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Four new astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace NASA’s evacuated crew
The International Space Station returned to full strength with the arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns. SpaceX delivered the U.S., French and Russian astronauts on Saturday (February 14, 2026), a day after launching them from Cape Canaveral. Last month’s medical evacuation was NASA’s first in 65...
ISRO identifies site for Chandrayaan-4 lander
The Chandrayaan-4 Mission is at least two years away, but the ISRO has identified a location in the South Polar region of the Moon to land its lander. The Union Government has approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission, designed as a lunar sample-return mission, and it will be India’s most complex lunar endeavour yet. “We are targeting...
SpaceX capsule with four ISS astronauts splashes down on Earth safely after first-ever medical evacuation
Four International Space Station crew members splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday (January 15, 2026), NASA footage showed, after the first ever medical evacuation in the orbital lab’s history. A video feed from NASA showed the capsule carrying American astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov and Japanese astronaut Kimiya...
