Essayer OR - Gratuit

NASA's Oldest Astronaut Back to Earth on His 70th Birthday

Hindustan Times Pune

|

April 21, 2025

Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday.

- Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON: Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday.

But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

A Soyuz capsule carrying the American and two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday, the day of Pettit's milestone birthday.

"Today at 0420 Moscow time (0120 GMT), the Soyuz MS-26 landing craft with Alexei Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald (Don) Pettit aboard landed near the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan," Russia's space agency Roscosmos said.

PLUS D'HISTOIRES DE Hindustan Times Pune

Hindustan Times Pune

AAP SARPANCH SHOT DEAD IN AMRITSAR: COPS

An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a village sarpanch was shot dead on Sunday allegedly by unidentified assailants during a wedding ceremony in Amritsar, police said.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

2 killed in rock collapse at Odisha stone quarry

At least two people were killed after rocks collapsed at an unauthorised stone quarry in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, officials said on Sunday.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

Hindustan Times Pune

Greece flights grounded after radio systems fail; thousands stranded

Flights across Greece were grounded for several hours on Sunday after a collapse of radio frequencies crippled air traffic communication, stranding thousands of travellers and bringing airport operations to a virtual standstill.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

New Delhi voices ‘deep concern,’ calls for talks

India on Sunday expressed “deep concern” at US attacks on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by American forces and called on all parties to peacefully address issues through dialogue to ensure stability in the region.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

US curbs on Venezuela unlikely to affect India’s energy security

Import volumes from Venezuela declined drastically after India pared purchases due to US sanctions

time to read

3 mins

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

Dera chief gets another parole, 15th since 2020

{ SERVING 20-YR TERM FOR RAPING 2 DISCIPLES

time to read

2 mins

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

NIA FILES CHARGE SHEET AGAINST 2 SHOOTERS IN 2024 NEEMRANA FIRING

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against two main shooters allegedly involved in the 2024 Neemrana hotel firing case linked with Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh Dala, the agency said on Sunday.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

Won't play T20 WC in India: B'desh to ICC

Bangladesh on Sunday said it will not travel to India for next month’s T20 World Cup, citing security concerns, and asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to relocate its matches amid strained bilateral relations between the two countries.

time to read

1 min

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

3 held for killing Bangladeshi Hindu bizman

POLICE SAID THAT VICTIM KHOKON CHANDRA DAS HAD

time to read

1 mins

January 05, 2026

Hindustan Times Pune

Boxers wait for rings to be set up, Nationals delayed

The National Boxing Championships (Elite Men and Women) scheduled at the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida faced major organisational shortcomings on the first day of the competition on Sunday.

time to read

3 mins

January 05, 2026

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size