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Indian Air Force Begins "Land And Go" Drills On Ganga Expressway In UP
The IAF on Friday commenced its much-anticipated "land and go" drill on the 3.5-km stretch of the Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, marking a significant milestone in the country's defence preparedness.
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Athena Lunar Lander Successfully Lands Near Moon’s South Pole on IM-2 Mission
Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander has successfully landed near the Moon’s south pole as part of NASA’s IM-2 mission. Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the lander aims to explore lunar resources and test new technologies, including NASA’s PRIME-1 water ice experiment and Nokia’s 4G network. The exact condition of Athena remains...
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US Firm Targets Moon Landing With Drill, Rovers, Hopping Drone
A drill to search for ice. A 4G network test. Three rovers and a first-of-its-kind hopping drone.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Athena Lander, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer to Moon
On February 26, 2025, SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Athena and NASA's Lunar Trailblazer from Kennedy Space Center. Athena, developed by Intuitive Machines, will land near Mons Mouton to investigate lunar ice using the PRIME-1 drill. Lunar Trailblazer will orbit the Moon, mapping water ice deposits. The mission includes two secondary vehicles: MAPP, a ro...
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NASA’s IM-2 Mission Brings Ice Mining, Mobile Robots, and More on Moon
NASA is launching IM-2, the second lunar mission under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, to explore the Moon’s South Pole. The Nova-C lander, built by Intuitive Machines, will carry groundbreaking technologies, including an ice-mining drill, a mobile hopping drone, and a lunar 4G network. These innovations will help scienti...
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Biden Bans Mass Offshore Drilling Amid Trump's "Drill, Baby, Drill" Call
Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Monday banned offshore drilling across an immense area of American coastal waters. This comes weeks before Donald Trump, who has pledged to massively boost domestic energy production, takes office on January 20.
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Watch: Helicopter Lands On Delhi Hotel Terrace, Security Drill On For G20
A massive security drill is underway with choppers flying over the heart of Delhi ahead of the G20 summit next month.
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Police Drill In Maharashtra Creates A Row Over Slogans By 'Terrorists'
A police mock drill in a temple in Chandrapur in Maharashtra landed in controversy after the personnel posing as terrorists were allegedly shouting slogans connected to a particular community.
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US Senator Lands In Taiwan For Fourth Political Visit This Month
US Senator Marsha Blackburn landed in Taiwan late Thursday, the fourth visit by an American politician this month and a move bound to rile Beijing, which has staged huge military drills to protest such trips.
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5 China Missiles May Have Landed in Japan Area Close To Taiwan, A First
Five out of nine ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone for the first time, Tokyo's defence minister said Thursday.
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Watch: IAF Emergency Landing Drill On Highway, 2 Ministers On Board
A C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Roadways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, completed an 'emergency field landing' on a national highway in Rajasthan's Barmer this morning.
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Military Aircraft To Land On Highway In Rajasthan In Drill: Report
Military aircraft will land on a national highway in Rajasthan's Barmer on Wednesday to showcase the improved quality of road infrastructure in the country.
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NASA Perseverance Rover Faces 'Seven Minutes of Terror' Before Landing on Mars
When NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, a robotic astrobiology lab packed inside a space capsule, hits the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth this week, it is set to emit a radio alert as it streaks into the thin Martian atmosphere.
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Drill Machine Falls Out Of Vehicle, Smashes Into Windshield Of Moving Car
In what many have called their worst nightmare and biggest fear, a drill machine flew out of a vehicle and landed on the windshield of a moving car in California. Pictures posted on Facebook by East Contra Costa Fire Protection District show the shocking damage caused by the drill on the car. Thankfully, the driver and another occupant in the car e...
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After China's Massive Drill, US Patrols Disputed South China Sea
In a span of 20 minutes, 20 F-18 fighter jets took off and landed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, in a powerful display of military precision and efficiency.
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Indian Air Force Begins "Land And Go" Drills On Ganga Expressway In UP
The IAF on Friday commenced its much-anticipated "land and go" drill on the 3.5-km stretch of the Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, marking a significant milestone in the country's defence preparedness.
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Athena Lunar Lander Successfully Lands Near Moon’s South Pole on IM-2 Mission
Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander has successfully landed near the Moon’s south pole as part of NASA’s IM-2 mission. Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the lander aims to explore lunar resources and test new technologies, including NASA’s PRIME-1 water ice experiment and Nokia’s 4G network. The exact condition of Athena remains...
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US Firm Targets Moon Landing With Drill, Rovers, Hopping Drone
A drill to search for ice. A 4G network test. Three rovers and a first-of-its-kind hopping drone.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Athena Lander, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer to Moon
On February 26, 2025, SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Athena and NASA's Lunar Trailblazer from Kennedy Space Center. Athena, developed by Intuitive Machines, will land near Mons Mouton to investigate lunar ice using the PRIME-1 drill. Lunar Trailblazer will orbit the Moon, mapping water ice deposits. The mission includes two secondary vehicles: MAPP, a ro...
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NASA’s IM-2 Mission Brings Ice Mining, Mobile Robots, and More on Moon
NASA is launching IM-2, the second lunar mission under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, to explore the Moon’s South Pole. The Nova-C lander, built by Intuitive Machines, will carry groundbreaking technologies, including an ice-mining drill, a mobile hopping drone, and a lunar 4G network. These innovations will help scienti...
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Biden Bans Mass Offshore Drilling Amid Trump's "Drill, Baby, Drill" Call
Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Monday banned offshore drilling across an immense area of American coastal waters. This comes weeks before Donald Trump, who has pledged to massively boost domestic energy production, takes office on January 20.
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Watch: Helicopter Lands On Delhi Hotel Terrace, Security Drill On For G20
A massive security drill is underway with choppers flying over the heart of Delhi ahead of the G20 summit next month.
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Police Drill In Maharashtra Creates A Row Over Slogans By 'Terrorists'
A police mock drill in a temple in Chandrapur in Maharashtra landed in controversy after the personnel posing as terrorists were allegedly shouting slogans connected to a particular community.
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US Senator Lands In Taiwan For Fourth Political Visit This Month
US Senator Marsha Blackburn landed in Taiwan late Thursday, the fourth visit by an American politician this month and a move bound to rile Beijing, which has staged huge military drills to protest such trips.
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5 China Missiles May Have Landed in Japan Area Close To Taiwan, A First
Five out of nine ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone for the first time, Tokyo's defence minister said Thursday.
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Watch: IAF Emergency Landing Drill On Highway, 2 Ministers On Board
A C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Roadways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, completed an 'emergency field landing' on a national highway in Rajasthan's Barmer this morning.
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Military Aircraft To Land On Highway In Rajasthan In Drill: Report
Military aircraft will land on a national highway in Rajasthan's Barmer on Wednesday to showcase the improved quality of road infrastructure in the country.
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NASA Perseverance Rover Faces 'Seven Minutes of Terror' Before Landing on Mars
When NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, a robotic astrobiology lab packed inside a space capsule, hits the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth this week, it is set to emit a radio alert as it streaks into the thin Martian atmosphere.
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Drill Machine Falls Out Of Vehicle, Smashes Into Windshield Of Moving Car
In what many have called their worst nightmare and biggest fear, a drill machine flew out of a vehicle and landed on the windshield of a moving car in California. Pictures posted on Facebook by East Contra Costa Fire Protection District show the shocking damage caused by the drill on the car. Thankfully, the driver and another occupant in the car e...
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After China's Massive Drill, US Patrols Disputed South China Sea
In a span of 20 minutes, 20 F-18 fighter jets took off and landed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, in a powerful display of military precision and efficiency.
