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India Nears Human Spaceflight Goal with Successful Gaganyaan Parachute Drop
India achieved a major step toward its first human spaceflight as ISRO successfully tested the Gaganyaan capsule’s parachute system. Dropped from a 2.5 km altitude, the 7.2-tonne dummy module deployed its 10 chutes flawlessly, ensuring a safe descent even under off-nominal conditions. This success validates a key safety system for crewed missions...
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ISRO Conducts Key Test On Main Parachutes For Gaganyaan Crew Module
ISRO made an orange-and-white rangoli in the skies over Babina in Uttar Pradesh, the heartland of India, as the nation's ambitious human spaceflight program, Gaganyaan, crossed another critical milestone.
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Made-in-India Combat Parachute Clears 32,000-Foot Test In Major Milestone
In a major development, the Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS), indigenously developed by DRDO, has successfully undergone a combat free-fall jump from an altitude of 32,000 feet, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Wednesday.
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ISRO Tests Parachutes for Gaganyaan Crew Module in Key Rocket-Sled Trial
ISRO has successfully tested drogue parachutes for the Gaganyaan crew module at its Chandigarh facility. The rocket-sled trials simulated high-speed re-entry conditions, ensuring parachutes deploy and stabilize the capsule. This achievement marks a critical milestone as India prepares for its first crewed space mission, aiming to join the US, Russi...
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Viral Video Shows Snacks Being Delivered By Drone, But The Packaging Has People Concerned
A viral video shows Walmart testing out drone deliveries, and people can not stop talking about it.
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ISRO Completes First Air-Drop Test For Gaganyaan Parachute System
ISRO on Sunday successfully carried out the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) to validate the parachute-based deceleration system for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission.
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ISRO Tests Threads That Would Help Bring Astronauts Home From Space
The lives of Indian astronauts will literally hang by thread when they return to Earth -indigenously made parachutes will help slow down the craft before its splashdown in the sea.
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Astronauts Return To Earth With SpaceX After 5 Months At International Space Station
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing's Starliner.
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NASA to Gather Reentry Imagery of European Commercial Capsule Using High-Altitude Aircraft
NASA’s SCIFLI team will track the reentry of a European test capsule named Mission Possible using a spectrometer and high-definition telescope from a Gulfstream III aircraft. The mission aims to gather thermal and parachute deployment data, aiding spacecraft design. Backed by a Space Act Agreement, it highlights international collaboration and en...
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3 Russians Set World Record by Parachuting From Stratosphere To North Pole
Three Russians set a world record for parachuting from the Earth's stratosphere to North Pole last week in a mission that also served as a test of a new prototype communications system for use in the Arctic, an organiser of the venture told Reuters.
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Watch: Air Force Tests Homegrown Military Combat Parachute System
The Military Combat Parachute System is developed by ADRDE, a pioneer R&D lab of DRDO for the Design and Development of Aerodynamic Decelerators, Aerostat Systems.
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ISRO Successfully Conducts Parachute Deployment Tests For Gaganyaan Mission
Drogue parachutes are deployed to decrease speed and stabilise rapidly moving objects.
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ISRO Conducts Parachute Tests For Ambitious Spaceflight Mission 'Gaganyaan'
The Indian Space Research Organisation has conducted tests simulating the clustered deployment of parachutes as part of preparations for the Gaganyaan human space flight mission.
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ISRO Conducts Main Parachute Test For Gaganyaan Human Spaceflight Mission
ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre has conducted the Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) of its crew module deceleration system for the much-awaited maiden Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme.
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Boeing Declares Spacecraft Abort System Test a Success, Despite the Failure of One Parachute
Boeing on Monday morning declared successful its test of the emergency abort system for the spacecraft it's developing to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, even though only two of the three main parachutes deployed.
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India Nears Human Spaceflight Goal with Successful Gaganyaan Parachute Drop
India achieved a major step toward its first human spaceflight as ISRO successfully tested the Gaganyaan capsule’s parachute system. Dropped from a 2.5 km altitude, the 7.2-tonne dummy module deployed its 10 chutes flawlessly, ensuring a safe descent even under off-nominal conditions. This success validates a key safety system for crewed missions...
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ISRO Conducts Key Test On Main Parachutes For Gaganyaan Crew Module
ISRO made an orange-and-white rangoli in the skies over Babina in Uttar Pradesh, the heartland of India, as the nation's ambitious human spaceflight program, Gaganyaan, crossed another critical milestone.
-
Made-in-India Combat Parachute Clears 32,000-Foot Test In Major Milestone
In a major development, the Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS), indigenously developed by DRDO, has successfully undergone a combat free-fall jump from an altitude of 32,000 feet, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Wednesday.
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ISRO Tests Parachutes for Gaganyaan Crew Module in Key Rocket-Sled Trial
ISRO has successfully tested drogue parachutes for the Gaganyaan crew module at its Chandigarh facility. The rocket-sled trials simulated high-speed re-entry conditions, ensuring parachutes deploy and stabilize the capsule. This achievement marks a critical milestone as India prepares for its first crewed space mission, aiming to join the US, Russi...
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Viral Video Shows Snacks Being Delivered By Drone, But The Packaging Has People Concerned
A viral video shows Walmart testing out drone deliveries, and people can not stop talking about it.
-
ISRO Completes First Air-Drop Test For Gaganyaan Parachute System
ISRO on Sunday successfully carried out the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) to validate the parachute-based deceleration system for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission.
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ISRO Tests Threads That Would Help Bring Astronauts Home From Space
The lives of Indian astronauts will literally hang by thread when they return to Earth -indigenously made parachutes will help slow down the craft before its splashdown in the sea.
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Astronauts Return To Earth With SpaceX After 5 Months At International Space Station
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing's Starliner.
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NASA to Gather Reentry Imagery of European Commercial Capsule Using High-Altitude Aircraft
NASA’s SCIFLI team will track the reentry of a European test capsule named Mission Possible using a spectrometer and high-definition telescope from a Gulfstream III aircraft. The mission aims to gather thermal and parachute deployment data, aiding spacecraft design. Backed by a Space Act Agreement, it highlights international collaboration and en...
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3 Russians Set World Record by Parachuting From Stratosphere To North Pole
Three Russians set a world record for parachuting from the Earth's stratosphere to North Pole last week in a mission that also served as a test of a new prototype communications system for use in the Arctic, an organiser of the venture told Reuters.
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Watch: Air Force Tests Homegrown Military Combat Parachute System
The Military Combat Parachute System is developed by ADRDE, a pioneer R&D lab of DRDO for the Design and Development of Aerodynamic Decelerators, Aerostat Systems.
-
ISRO Successfully Conducts Parachute Deployment Tests For Gaganyaan Mission
Drogue parachutes are deployed to decrease speed and stabilise rapidly moving objects.
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ISRO Conducts Parachute Tests For Ambitious Spaceflight Mission 'Gaganyaan'
The Indian Space Research Organisation has conducted tests simulating the clustered deployment of parachutes as part of preparations for the Gaganyaan human space flight mission.
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ISRO Conducts Main Parachute Test For Gaganyaan Human Spaceflight Mission
ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre has conducted the Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) of its crew module deceleration system for the much-awaited maiden Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme.
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Boeing Declares Spacecraft Abort System Test a Success, Despite the Failure of One Parachute
Boeing on Monday morning declared successful its test of the emergency abort system for the spacecraft it's developing to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, even though only two of the three main parachutes deployed.
