Chawla’s journey began in 1997, becoming the first Indian-born woman in space, and later serving on STS-107 in 2003, dedicated to microgravity experiments aboard Columbia. The STS-107 mission ...

NASA has decided that astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched to the ISS aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in June 2023, will return to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule in ...

In worst-case circumstances, the spacecraft may burn up before reaching Earth if the Starliner's Service Module tilts the ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, ...

Third Indian-American to join NASA Chari is the third Indian-American astronaut to join NASA after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. Space scientist Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana ...