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India’s Gaganyaan Mission Postponed to 2026 as ISRO Focuses on Safety, Testing, and Astronaut Training
India’s Gaganyaan mission, originally slated for 2025, is now expected to launch in 2026 as ISRO prioritises crew safety and thorough system testing. The revised schedule includes four uncrewed test flights, beginning with a December 2023 mission. These tests will validate technologies essential for safe manned space travel, including crew escape...
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US Air Travel Services Restore Gradually to Life After FAA Computer Outage
US flights were slowly resuming departures and a ground stop was lifted after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage overnight that had forced a halt to all US departing flights. More than 6,000 flights were delayed and nearly 1,000 canceled according to the FlightAware website as officials said it will take ho...
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South Korea Tests System For Controlling Air Taxis
The transport ministry estimates such services could cut travel time for distances between 30-50km from an hour by car to 20 minutes by air.
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South Korea Tests System for Controlling Air Taxis, Hopes to Launch Airport Service as Soon as 2025
South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles (UAM), which it hopes will serve as taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as 2025, cutting travel time by two-thirds.
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South Korea Tests System For Controlling Air Taxis
South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles (UAM) on Thursday, which it hopes will serve as taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as 2025, cutting travel time by two-thirds.
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Covid Risk In Planes, Restaurants Can't Be Easily Compared, Say Experts: Report
While a recent study has claimed that dining out, and grocery shopping could be more dangerous than air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to special ventilation systems in airplanes, some scientists say such a comparison cannot be made without knowing if mask-wearing and social distancing norms are properly followed in each of these s...
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At US-India Mega Talks This Week, There Are 2 Huge Sticking Points
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo travel to Delhi this week in an effort to seal a new defense cooperation agreement with their Indian counterparts despite tensions over threatened American sanctions.
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Mumbai Airport's Main Runway To Remain Shut For 3 Hours Today
The flight schedule at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will remain affected today between 2 pm to 5 pm due to the Instrument Landing System (ILS) upgrade at the main runway.
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Aadhaar-Based Paperless Air Travel Soon To Be A Reality In India: Reports
Leveraging India's national Aadhaar biometric identity system, together with SITA's Smart Path technology, would be able to provide secure and efficient journey through the airports, he added. SITA is IT and communications service provider for air transport.
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Hitting An Enemy Missile With A Missile, Dramatic Video Of A Spectacular Direct Hit
An interceptor missile streaks towards its target - a ballistic missile - Star Wars style, and scores a direct hit. NDTV has accessed footage of India's successful test on Thursday of an indigenous ballistic missile system. The missile was guided towards the incoming ballistic missile by a series of ground-based radars before activating its own see...
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India Ahead In Elite Missile Club With A "Star Wars" Like Advanced Air Defence System: 10 Facts
India today successfully tested a "Star Wars"-like system of an incoming enemy missile being destroyed by another missile. India has become the fourth country in the world to master the technology of hitting a missile with a missile. In the test carried out at 9:45 am from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha, a direct hit destroyed an incoming h...
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Mobile Phones, Aadhaar Might Soon Be Gateway For Air Travel
Under the proposed 'digi yatra' initiative, the civil aviation ministry is looking to make "boarding pass and security interactions" digital.
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Delta Cancels Hundreds More Flights, Expects Normal Operations Soon
Delta Air Lines Inc on Wednesday cancelled more than 300 flights and upended thousands of travellers' plans for the third day in a row after a power outage hit its computer systems, though it forecast a return to normal operations later this afternoon.
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Former Air India Staffer Held For Hacking Into Its Website
A 23-year-old former Air India employee has been arrested for allegedly hacking into the airline's internal system for managing frequent fliers accounts, redeeming miles to convert them into tickets and selling them off to travel agents, police said today.
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Chicago: After Sabotage, Air Travel System Slowly Recovers
The US air travel system slowly began to recover Saturday after an alleged act of employee sabotage at a large regional air traffic control center brought Chicago's two international airports to a halt.
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India’s Gaganyaan Mission Postponed to 2026 as ISRO Focuses on Safety, Testing, and Astronaut Training
India’s Gaganyaan mission, originally slated for 2025, is now expected to launch in 2026 as ISRO prioritises crew safety and thorough system testing. The revised schedule includes four uncrewed test flights, beginning with a December 2023 mission. These tests will validate technologies essential for safe manned space travel, including crew escape...
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US Air Travel Services Restore Gradually to Life After FAA Computer Outage
US flights were slowly resuming departures and a ground stop was lifted after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage overnight that had forced a halt to all US departing flights. More than 6,000 flights were delayed and nearly 1,000 canceled according to the FlightAware website as officials said it will take ho...
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South Korea Tests System For Controlling Air Taxis
The transport ministry estimates such services could cut travel time for distances between 30-50km from an hour by car to 20 minutes by air.
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South Korea Tests System for Controlling Air Taxis, Hopes to Launch Airport Service as Soon as 2025
South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles (UAM), which it hopes will serve as taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as 2025, cutting travel time by two-thirds.
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South Korea Tests System For Controlling Air Taxis
South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles (UAM) on Thursday, which it hopes will serve as taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as 2025, cutting travel time by two-thirds.
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Covid Risk In Planes, Restaurants Can't Be Easily Compared, Say Experts: Report
While a recent study has claimed that dining out, and grocery shopping could be more dangerous than air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to special ventilation systems in airplanes, some scientists say such a comparison cannot be made without knowing if mask-wearing and social distancing norms are properly followed in each of these s...
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At US-India Mega Talks This Week, There Are 2 Huge Sticking Points
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo travel to Delhi this week in an effort to seal a new defense cooperation agreement with their Indian counterparts despite tensions over threatened American sanctions.
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Mumbai Airport's Main Runway To Remain Shut For 3 Hours Today
The flight schedule at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will remain affected today between 2 pm to 5 pm due to the Instrument Landing System (ILS) upgrade at the main runway.
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Aadhaar-Based Paperless Air Travel Soon To Be A Reality In India: Reports
Leveraging India's national Aadhaar biometric identity system, together with SITA's Smart Path technology, would be able to provide secure and efficient journey through the airports, he added. SITA is IT and communications service provider for air transport.
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Hitting An Enemy Missile With A Missile, Dramatic Video Of A Spectacular Direct Hit
An interceptor missile streaks towards its target - a ballistic missile - Star Wars style, and scores a direct hit. NDTV has accessed footage of India's successful test on Thursday of an indigenous ballistic missile system. The missile was guided towards the incoming ballistic missile by a series of ground-based radars before activating its own see...
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India Ahead In Elite Missile Club With A "Star Wars" Like Advanced Air Defence System: 10 Facts
India today successfully tested a "Star Wars"-like system of an incoming enemy missile being destroyed by another missile. India has become the fourth country in the world to master the technology of hitting a missile with a missile. In the test carried out at 9:45 am from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha, a direct hit destroyed an incoming h...
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Mobile Phones, Aadhaar Might Soon Be Gateway For Air Travel
Under the proposed 'digi yatra' initiative, the civil aviation ministry is looking to make "boarding pass and security interactions" digital.
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Delta Cancels Hundreds More Flights, Expects Normal Operations Soon
Delta Air Lines Inc on Wednesday cancelled more than 300 flights and upended thousands of travellers' plans for the third day in a row after a power outage hit its computer systems, though it forecast a return to normal operations later this afternoon.
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Former Air India Staffer Held For Hacking Into Its Website
A 23-year-old former Air India employee has been arrested for allegedly hacking into the airline's internal system for managing frequent fliers accounts, redeeming miles to convert them into tickets and selling them off to travel agents, police said today.
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Chicago: After Sabotage, Air Travel System Slowly Recovers
The US air travel system slowly began to recover Saturday after an alleged act of employee sabotage at a large regional air traffic control center brought Chicago's two international airports to a halt.
