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Sunita Williams reveals the 'strangest thing' she has seen in space: 'I had no idea those things existed'

January 23, 2026 5:00 pm

Sunita Williams made a candid appearance on entrepreneur Raj Shamani’s podcast. During the conversation, she spoke about her life beyond Earth, reflected on her Indian roots and more.

A wet dress rehearsal refers to a final prelaunch simulation in which the rocket is ‌fully loaded with liquid propellant and undergoes a countdown but does not actually launch. (Image: NASA)

Your name could fly to the Moon: Nasa’s Artemis programme to begin soon

January 21, 2026 9:04 am

Nasa’s next crewed mission is set to carry four astronauts and a global audience on a 10-day journey around the Moon.

NASA Crew-11, International Space Station, ISS

NASA prepares for return of SpaceX Crew-11: Here's how to watch livestream of the splashdown

January 14, 2026 12:48 pm

NASA Crew-11 return Livestream: NASA and SpaceX are bringing Crew-11 home early from the ISS due to an undisclosed medical issue. Get the live stream schedule, undocking times, and splashdown details here.

Lovell never got another chance to walk on the moon after Apollo 13, which was his fourth and final space trip. (Image: Reuters)

Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97

August 10, 2025 8:39 am

The Apollo 13 mission came nine months after Neil Armstrong had become the first person to walk on the moon when he took "one giant leap for mankind" during the Apollo 11 mission

A NASA astronaut makes sushi using spam, fish, rice, gochujang, and wasabi on ISS. (Image source: @JonnyKimUSA/X)

Astronauts aboard International Space Station make 'space sushi' using spam and rice

June 18, 2025 1:49 pm

Astronauts on the International Space Station made sushi from limited ingredients like spam and rice. The video also shows them using sticky tape to keep them all in place.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is carried to a medical tent shortly after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner landed in their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on April 19, 2025 (April 20, 2025, Kazakhstan time).

Meet Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active astronaut who just completed a 220-day space mission

April 21, 2025 6:54 pm

At 70, NASA astronaut Don Pettit is among the oldest people to travel to space — but not the oldest.

Knowledge Nugget: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth — Top 5 must-know points for UPSC Exam

March 25, 2025 12:26 pm

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth after their Crew 9 Dragon Spacecraft splashdown safely off the coast of Florida. Here are five key points of their mission that have repeatedly made headlines in recent months.