Space

5 Airports Have Tabletop Runways, Including Kozhikode Where Plane Crashed

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 8, 2020

Constructed on elevated terrains and mostly having little space for last minute manoeuvre, tabletop runways at airports at times pose challenges for pilots while landing their aircraft. And Air India Express planes have crashed at least twice on such runways in little over a decade.

Amazon Freedom Sale: Upto 60% Off On Decorative Home Items

Sabrina Mathews | Saturday August 8, 2020

Now is the time to redo your living room or bedroom spaces with these decorative home items.

Black Box Recovered From Crashed Air India Express Flight In Kerala: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday August 8, 2020

The Air India Express plane that crashed at Kerala's Kozhikode yesterday evening landed 1 km down the length of the runway at the tabletop airport, sources in aviation regulator DGCA told NDTV. It also had fuel to attempt a diversionary landing elsewhere, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Saturday. Flight IX-1344, carrying 184 people ...

Best Movies on Netflix in India [August 2020]

Akhil Arora | Friday August 7, 2020

The best movies on Netflix in India in 2020 right now are largely a mix of English (The Godfather), Hindi (Rang De Basanti), and Japanese (Spirited Away), alongside others from Brazil, France, Korea, Russia, and Spain.

Kia Sonet Global Debut Highlights: Specifications, Features, Images, Bookings

Edited By Seshan Vijayraghvan | Friday August 7, 2020

The all-new Kia Sonet has made its global debut today, in India, and we have all the highlights from the event here. The Sonet is the newest entrant in the sub-4 metre SUV space, and the third model to come out of Kia Motors India's stable.

Gaganyaan: Astronauts For India's First Manned Space Mission Complete Training In Russia

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 7, 2020

The four astronauts-elect for India's first manned space mission Gaganyaan have completed training in Russia on crew actions in the event of an abnormal descent module landing, Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Russian space organisation Roscosmos said on Thursday.

NASA Astronauts Describe Descent in SpaceX Dragon Capsule, 'Sounds Like an Animal'

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 5, 2020

The two NASA astronauts brought back to Earth on Sunday said they felt they were inside the belly of a beast as it careened into the atmosphere at 17,500 mph.

SpaceX Completes Test Flight of Starship Mars Rocket Prototype

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 5, 2020

SpaceX on Tuesday successfully completed a flight of less than a minute of the largest prototype ever tested of the future rocket Starship, which the company hopes to use one day to colonise Mars.

With Oximeters And More, Gyms Ready To Welcome "Fitness In COVID Era"

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 5, 2020

Gyms and fitness centres on Tuesday geared up to open their doors after almost five months with managements busy fine-tuning operational details such as hourly sanitisation, spacing out equipment to ensure social distancing and minimising staff in accordance with government guidelines.

Richard Branson Space-Bound In Early 2021 Says Virgin Galactic

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday August 4, 2020

Richard Branson could shoot into space on his Virgin Galactic aircraft as its first passenger early next year, the company said, potentially blazing a path for commercial flights.

Virgin Galactic, Rolls-Royce Team Up To Build Mach 3 Plane

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday August 4, 2020

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic on Monday announced a partnership with engine-maker Rolls-Royce to build a supersonic commercial airplane that flies at three times the speed of sound.

Facebook Leases Workplace at Landmark New York Building

Reuters | Tuesday August 4, 2020

Facebook has leased all the office space at the landmark Farley Building, a 1912 Beaux Arts former post office in Manhattan, in a deal that marks a major expansion of the company's business operations in the city.

Love Him Or Hate Him, Elon Musk Is Enjoying A Spectacular Run

World News | Dana Hull, Bloomberg | Tuesday August 4, 2020

Whether you find him admirable or obnoxious, Elon Musk is having a fantastic year. SpaceX, the company he founded in 2002, blasted two American astronauts to the International Space Station in late May and brought them safely home in a historic splashdown Sunday, heralding a new age of private-sector space travel. Tesla Inc., his electric car-maker...

Realme X50 Pro Starts Receiving July 2020 Update With Game Space Autoplay, Optimisations, More

Aditya Shenoy | Monday August 3, 2020

Realme has rolled out a new software update for the Realme X50 Pro that brings bug fixes along with the July 2020 Android Security patch.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule With NASA Astronauts Returns Safely to Earth

Reuters | Monday August 3, 2020

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX's new Crew Dragon capsule, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico after a two-month voyage that was NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in nine years.