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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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Boeing Tests Space Taxi; One Of Three Parachutes Fails To Open
Boeing Co said on Monday that one of three parachutes failed to open during a crucial unmanned test of the CST-100 Starliner, which the company is developing to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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SpaceX Crew Capsule Ends Test Flight to ISS With Ocean Splashdown
The Dragon capsule undocked from the orbiting lab early Friday. Six hours later, the capsule parachuted into the ocean.
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Beaten Up In Pakistan, Abhinandan Varthaman's Medical Test Shows Rib Injury
A medical examination conducted on Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman after his return to India has identified a rib injury probably caused due to being assaulted by local residents in Pakistan soon after he parachuted across the border on Wednesday, news agency ANI has reported. The MRI scan he was subjected to also showed lower ...
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Blue Origin Shoots NASA Experiments Into Space in Test
The New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas, hoisting a capsule containing the experiments. The eight experiments were exposed to a few minutes of weightlessness, before the capsule parachuted down.
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NASA Launches Rocket to Test Parachute for Mars Lander
The rocket launched on Friday carried the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
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Nasa 'Flying Saucer' Test Bedevilled for Second Time by Botched Parachute
A similar problem bedevilled the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator's (LDSD) debut run last year.
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NASA 'Flying Saucer' Deploys Partially on Test
NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars, but its outsized parachute only partly deployed.
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NASA 'Flying Saucer' Launch Set for Friday
Bad weather led the US space agency to postpone until Friday the first test of the largest parachute ever deployed, with the view of one day using it to land on Mars.
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Nasa to Test Supersonic Parachutes in 'Flying Saucer' Launch
With the goal of sending humans to Mars in the 2030s, Nasa is a new generation of parachute technology known as the Supersonic Ringsail Parachute.
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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.
-
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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Boeing Tests Space Taxi; One Of Three Parachutes Fails To Open
Boeing Co said on Monday that one of three parachutes failed to open during a crucial unmanned test of the CST-100 Starliner, which the company is developing to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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SpaceX Crew Capsule Ends Test Flight to ISS With Ocean Splashdown
The Dragon capsule undocked from the orbiting lab early Friday. Six hours later, the capsule parachuted into the ocean.
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Beaten Up In Pakistan, Abhinandan Varthaman's Medical Test Shows Rib Injury
A medical examination conducted on Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman after his return to India has identified a rib injury probably caused due to being assaulted by local residents in Pakistan soon after he parachuted across the border on Wednesday, news agency ANI has reported. The MRI scan he was subjected to also showed lower ...
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Blue Origin Shoots NASA Experiments Into Space in Test
The New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas, hoisting a capsule containing the experiments. The eight experiments were exposed to a few minutes of weightlessness, before the capsule parachuted down.
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NASA Launches Rocket to Test Parachute for Mars Lander
The rocket launched on Friday carried the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
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Nasa 'Flying Saucer' Test Bedevilled for Second Time by Botched Parachute
A similar problem bedevilled the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator's (LDSD) debut run last year.
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NASA 'Flying Saucer' Deploys Partially on Test
NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars, but its outsized parachute only partly deployed.
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NASA 'Flying Saucer' Launch Set for Friday
Bad weather led the US space agency to postpone until Friday the first test of the largest parachute ever deployed, with the view of one day using it to land on Mars.
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Nasa to Test Supersonic Parachutes in 'Flying Saucer' Launch
With the goal of sending humans to Mars in the 2030s, Nasa is a new generation of parachute technology known as the Supersonic Ringsail Parachute.
