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Yes, but for developing countries like India, being 58 means you're getting old. In particular, this photo clearly shows her signs of aging. However, I know that the oldest person ever orbited the Earth in Glenn (77). Shatner touched the Karman line at even older age (90). Gerontologists will be...

Wait a minute, is Williams still a NASA astronaut and not a private citizen, as @francisdrake said? I agreed to them, because she was 58 years old when she was launched aboard Starliner, and I wasn't aware about the age of retirement in the US. The age of retirement is 60 in India and 66 in the US.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Changes Ahead of September Launch

By the way, I have gotten a lot of news on the challenges the Starliner crew may (or may not) face in their prolonged stay in space since June, as if no other astronauts have ever faced them before. This is prolly due to the Indian ancestry of Williams, which I had mentioned before. However, she...

Then publish the minimal edits as a patch to run the add-on in Orbiter 2016. There are several patch mods of popular add-ons like this. 😉

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams stuck in space: ISRO chief S. Somanath says lessons will be taken for upcoming Gaganyaan mission I really hope that Gaganyaan should be as reliable as Soyuz or Crew Dragon, so that our astronauts should not face something like this.

I always tend to adhere others' copyrights while publishing modifications of add-ons (or "mods of add-ons" for short) by retaining a lot of dependencies. Of course, I can legally publish modified versions of add-ons licensed under GPL or WTFPL (e.g. SpaceX package with BrianJ's add-ons), but I...

Another blow for CFT astronauts: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams might have to return to Earth without a spacesuit: Here’s why Although Crew Dragon is known for its reliability, I still fear that another Challenger is coming in its reentry avatar. I think there should be a universal spacesuit...

That's a nice thinking. Of course, I may not walk around in India even 10 years from now. I may be in Europe, Australia, US, Canada, or even the Elon City on Mars. I may also tour the Indian outpost on the Moon, or watch the vastness of space from the Gateway.

Although I have gathered enough knowledge on American, European, Indian, and Russian space programs for more than six years, I often feel like I know nothing about the land that sent men to the Moon. I have watched Hollywood movies and American TV shows, but still feel like I know nought about...

Oh, she wasn't launched to space with Wilmore as a career astronaut. This is what "private astronaut" may imply. That might be the reason why she never flew to space for about 12 years. Although I have never seen her in-person, she had once arrived in India during the gap years to visit her...

Another extension of their stay in space: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore may have to stay in space till February next year according to NASA I'm just wondering whether their situation will be worse than Kelly. I'm also wondering if they could change their permanent address from <street>...

Somewhat off-topic but related to one of the two astronauts stuck in the ISS. While going through Wikipedia, I have gotten to know that Williams carried a lot of elements of Indian and Slovene cultures to the ISS, including a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, a copy of the Upanishads, the national flag...

I know there are already a few Android games dedicated to spaceflight. But some of them need payment to install, while the freemium ones are in 2D and don't properly replicate aerodynamics and celestial mechanics. What I'm looking for is kinda like the Android equivalent of Orbiter. I think it...

Added Chennai and Sriharikota. Moved the base files to a separate directory.

Sbb1413 updated Indian Airports (beta) with a new update entry: 240805 update Read the rest of this update entry...

Although we often use Orbiter for space travel, it can also be used to fly in the atmosphere, like a plane. I'm currently using Delta Glider to fly in the air and in space. The DG's ability to fly in both regions is the reason why it is called a spaceplane.

Sad news: NASA's Race Against Time — 19 days left to rescue astronaut Sunita Williams from space I think NASA might be able to rescue both Williams and Wilmore using Crew-9. But how the original Crew-9 astronauts will come back to Earth? The Crew-9 cosmonaut can come back using Soyuz, though.

I don't know why some people here are reluctant in sports. Maybe we're getting addicted with electronic devices too much, and forgetting the pre-Internet modes of entertainment like movies, news and sports. Anyway, although I'm also addicted with electronic devices, I do often watch sports...

Nasa to launch India's Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to Space Station Good luck Captain Shukla for representing India in outer space again since 1984 (Kalpana Chawla was a US citizen when she flew to space). :hailprobe: