On Aug 1, at 11.43 am, the husband of Renita Saikia, my lifelong friend I’ve only ever called Jhuma, soared into space as a member of NASA's Crew-11.

SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. The four US, Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after ...