US EditionInternational Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
UNITED STATES, JUN 25 – The mission marks the first human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary in over 40 years and includes about 60 experiments for 31 countries, Axiom Space said.
- A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
- It was the first time in decades that these nations have sent crew members to space.
- The crew includes Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force, Tibor Kapu of Hungary, and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland.
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der Standard DEFor the first time, astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station. A space capsule with the three astronauts and the former Nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson docked at the ISS, as the US space company Axiom Space announced.
Washington. Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary left for the International Space Station (ISS), on a private U.S. mission that represents the return of these countries to space after decades.
For the first time, an Indian, a Hungarian and a Pole arrived at the ISS space station.
International Space Station Welcomes Its First Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
America’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, is the commander of the visiting crew. She works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight.
The first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary in more than 40 years arrived on Thursday at the International Space Station, transported there by SpaceX on a private flight. The crew of four people will spend two weeks in the orbital laboratory, conducting dozens of experiments. They took off Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The most experienced astronaut in the United States, Peggy Whitson, is the commander of the visiting crew.…
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