Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, who plans to run the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon on board the International Space Station on April 16, finds it a challenging exercise.
Williams, who had carried a packet of samosas with her when she shot into space on December 11, 2006, said she would like to have more of the spicy snacks.
The ISRO chairman said there was no proposal now to send any Indian astronaut to space through the US.
His remarks without naming any country came against the backdrop of tension between India and Pakistan after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status.
41-year-old Sunita, who became the second woman of Indian descent to venture into space after Kalpan Chawla, said she was all "excited" to go out and check the planet.
Trained to remain aboard the space station until July, Williams will also join space station commander Mike Lopez-Alegria for three spacewalks early in 2007.
An opportunity to fly on its famous 'Weightless Wonder' aircraft.
'In the last two months, we have only done 16,000 tests and that is nothing.' 'If coronavirus cases in the community picks up and infection spreads, then we will be in big trouble.'
The next landing opportunity for Discovery, which has seven astronauts onboard, is at 1742 IST at the Edwards Air Force Base, a NASA statement said
US space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew left the seaside Florida launch pad on Tuesday on a do-or-die mission at 2.38 pm EDT (1838 GMT).
The flight next year will see two astronauts orbit earth for five days, said China Daily.
Commercial flights may also help Boeing's bottom line on a rare, fixed-price, government-backed development program.
The three-storey building houses 421 students and was specially designed for a programme that will encourage students to study together.
'Without even knowing me, people have trolled me for being the person I am, for the way I look.' 'Why put myself in a negative space, you know?'
With the spacecraft's safe landing, NASA's mission came to a happy ending unlike the 2003 Columbia disaster in which India-born Kalpana Chawla was killed along with her six colleagues aboard the shuttle
Space shuttle Discovery's return to earth has been delayed by at least 90 minutes due to low clouds at the shuttle landing facility at Cape Canaveral, NASA has announced
passengers get to feel the environment, its rocks, craters, the volcanoes, stormy weather and can even see a robot collecting dust and sending pictures to earth.
'When you look at it from the point of view of science, Chandrayaan 2 is a big success.'
'InSight will study the interior of Mars and will teach us valuable science as we prepare to send astronauts to the Moon and later to Mars.'
Ayesha Aziz has always aimed for the sky.
The launch of Shenzhou VI is scheduled for 11 am local time at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base, in the Gobi desert in northern China
The sculpture will be exhibited for public viewing on February 1, the day Kalpana Chawla and six others perished in the Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy last year.
'Your record in human development has encouraged economists like K N Raj and Amartya Sen to refer to the Kerala model of development where social development has preceded economic development,' Singh added.
NASA delayed the touchdown initially by 90 minutes and later put it off till tomorrow as low clouds hovered over the space center
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board also mentioned shortage of funds and an insufficient safety programme for the mishap that killed Kalpana Chawla and six other astronauts.
Other structures which can be seen from space include the Pyramids of Egypt, airports, highways - and even Beijing's Third Ring Road, said China Daily.
The German won the opening sprint over 600 metres but lost in the second race over 1,200 metres and the 900-metre decider against a Eurofighter jet.
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